Figure 11.

NF-κB induction in THP1-Blue monocytes incubated for 24 h with biocomposites. The negative control (NC) of the monocyte’s activation (cut-off line) consisted of cells incubated without composites. The positive control (PC) of the monocyte’s activation consisted of monocytes stimulated with PMA (100 ng/mL). The data are presented as the mean ± SD, n = 6. The dashed line indicates the physiological level (0.151 ± 0.008) of the nonstimulated monocytes. * p values (<0.05) calculated in comparison to the untreated cell cultures. #—statistical significance between biocomposites enriched with polyphenols extracted from common sage and their reference (17.1 vs. 17.2 and 25.1 vs. 25.2).