Figure 2.

Phagocytic activity of peripheral blood leukocytes. Proportion of cells taking up fluorescent latex beads in the population of whole blood (a), myeloid cells (b), thrombocytes (c) and IgM⁺ B cells (d). The data is presented as mean values with SD error bars. The statistical test used was one-way ANOVA with the Bonferroni post-hoc test. p ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant and indicated by asterisks (*). The white and black bars on the x-axis represent the dark/light period.