Figure 5.

Effects of methanol extract of Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. on levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma, interleukin-6, and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in contact dermatitis mice. The production levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma, interleukin-6, and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in inflamed tissues were measured using the cytometric bead array method. A total of 50 μg of tissue lysates were used to measure the cytokine levels. Abbreviations are the same as in Figure 2. (a) Tumor necrosis factor-alpha; (b) interferon-gamma; (c) interleukin-6; (d) monocyte chemotactic protein-1. All values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation.^##P < 0.01 and^###P < 0.001 versus nontreated NOR mice, *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 versus nontreated contact dermatitis mice (CTL)