Table 2.

Effect of HW-Pm on phagocytosis of fluorescents beads by RAW 264.7 macrophages.

	Number of Beads/50 Cells	Phagocytic Ratio (%)
Control	72.3 ± 4.8 d	42 ± 4.3 c
LPS + IFN-γ	357 ± 6.8 b	58.3 ± 3.9 b
HW-Pm (500 µg/mL)	454 ± 30.8 a	75.3 ± 2.5 a
HW-Pm (100 µg/mL)	239 ± 13.9 c	60 ± 4.9 b

LPS (100 ng/mL) and IFN-γ (5 ng/mL) were used as positive controls for stimulation. Means ± SD without the same letter are significantly different at the 5% level according to a one-way ANOVA test followed by a Tukey test (n = 3).