Table 2.

Anti-inflammatory effect of HCI on carrageenan induced pleurisy $(\overline{X}\pm S)$

Treatment	Exudate volume (ml)	Protein concentration (mg/ml)	Total cells (×106 ml−1)	C-reactive protein concentration (mg/l)
Control	0.95 ± 0.24	26.18 ± 2.18	65.79 ± 32.24	1.75 ± 0.65
Dexamethasone	0.06 ± 0.03*	3.21 ± 1.68*	11.12 ± 4.76*	0.27 ± 0.22*
HCI
0.27 ml/100 g	0.26 ± 0.07*	5.47 ± 5.35*	53.88 ± 15.65	1.81 ± 0.60
0.54 ml/100 g	0.16 ± 0.09*	3.35 ± 2.18*	29.98 ± 10.88*	0.28 ± 0.37*
1.08 ml/100 g	0.10 ± 0.05*	4.00 ± 1.67*	37.74 ± 16.35*	0.40 ± 0.35*

Each value represents mean ± S.E.M. (n = 12).

^*P < 0.05 indicates significant difference with respect to control.