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Table 5 Effect of latex and ethanolic leaf extract and abamectin on TNF-α and IL-4 levels in serum of normal rats

From: Cardiac and testicular toxicity effects of the latex and ethanolic leaf extract of Calotropis procera on male albino rats in comparison to abamectin

Treatment	Parameter
	TNF-α (pg/ml)		IL-4 (ng/ml)
	4 weeks	8 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks
Vehicle (CMC 1 %) control	36.72 ± 1.02^h	38.72 ± 0.62^h	202 ± 4.37^a	197 ± 1.64^a
1/20 LD₅₀ latex	78.55 ± 6.28^fg	72.55 ± 7.10^g	130.7 ± 13.63^c	170.5 ± 15.17^b
1/10 LD₅₀ latex	91.43 ± 6.12^def	80.30 ± 5.74^efg	101.53 ± 3.99^d	112.9 ± 5.34^cd
1/20 LD₅₀ ethanolic extract	102.42 ± 6.53^cd	92.40 ± 3.67^de	179.3 ± 7.96^ab	186.97 ± 4.27^ab
1/10 LD₅₀ ethanolic extract	109.85 ± 4.29^bc	100.98 ± 3.52^cd	138 ± 11.67^c	181.4 ± 3.96^ab
1/20 LD₅₀ abamectin	100.67 ± 5.61^cd	86.62 ± 3.83^ef	184.9 ± 8.89^ab	199.27 ± 2.80^a
1/10 LD₅₀ abamectin	124 ± 3.08^a	117.95 ± 1.08^ab	134.97 ± 19.22^c	197.23 ± 1.95^a
F-probability	P < 0.001		P < 0.001
LSD at 5 % level	13.4927		26.4573
LSD at 1 % level	18.1709		35.6306

Data are expressed as mean ± SE
Number of animals in each group is six
For each parameter, means, which do not share the same superscript symbol(s), are significantly different at P < 0.05

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