Applications of the Phytomedicine Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) in Infectious Diseases

Table 9

Effect of EP on Leishmania-induced secretion of cytokines.

Cells	Treatment	IL-6 (pg/mL)	IL-8 (pg/mL )
Bronchial epithelial cells	None, control	19.8	42.8
	+ EP	29.2	45.7
	+ Ld (Leishmania donovani)	63.1	147.5
	+ Ld + EP	25.8	18.1
Human skin fibroblasts	None, control	29.8	62.0
	+ EP	38.2	74.4
	+ Ld	207.8	320.0
	+ Ld + EP	9.6	42.8

Data from [90], (standard deviations removed for simplicity).