Effects of Stingless Bee Propolis on Experimental Asthma
Figure 1
Effect of treatment with Scaptotrigona aff. postica PHE on the number of cells present in the BAL of mice immunised and challenged with OVA. Mice in groups P50 and P200 were treated orally with PHE (50 or 200 mg/kg/animal) for 14 consecutive days. The DEXA group was treated i.p. with DEXA (1 mg/kg/animal) for 14 consecutive days. The OVA group received only oral saline solution. Total (a) and differential (b) cell counts of BAL were performed 24 hours after the last challenge. compared with the OVA group.
