Table III.

Serum interleukin-1β content (µg/l).

Group	Before treatment	8 h after treatment	24 h after treatment	48 h after treatment	72 h after treatment
Group A	125.2±2.5a	140.2±2.6	132.8±2.1a	119.4±2.5a	110.4±2.3a
Group B	120.3±2.4a,b	135.1±2.5b	128.3±2.4a,b	110.3±2.3a,b	105.6±2.5a,b
Group C	115.7±2.1a,b	129.3±2.4b	120.3±2.5a,b	104.5±2.8a,b	100.7±2.2a,b
Group D	110.5±2.2a,b	120.8±2.2b	115.2±2.3a,b	98.5±2.3a,b	89.5±2.1a,b

^aP<0.05 vs. 8 h

^bP<0.05 vs. group A.