FIGURE 4.

Effect of the oral administration of the extract from S. lappa in mice infected with the AB5075 or AB-4 strains of A. baumannii (A) Total neutrophil counts in the whole blood of mice withdrawn through heart puncture after 20 h of infection. Number of viable bacterial counts shown as colony forming unit (CFU) count in liver (B), lungs (C) and spleen (D) of the mice sacrificed after 20 h of intraperitoneal infection consisting of 107 cells suspended in phosphate buffer saline. Bars show mean ± standard deviation of the individual values obtained from six mice in each group. Statistical significance is indicated by *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001 using non-parametric t test.