Farnesol, a Sesquiterpene Alcohol in Herbal Plants, Exerts Anti-Inflammatory and Antiallergic Effects on Ovalbumin-Sensitized and -Challenged Asthmatic Mice

Table 5

Effects of farnesol supplementation with different doses for 5 weeks on inflammatory mediator and marker levels in BALF of OVA/AL-sensitized and -challenged BALB/c asthmatic mice.

Inflammatory mediator levels in BALF
Groups		NO (μM)	Protein (μg/mL)	Eotaxin (pg/mL)
DC	9	5.89 ± 1.66	99.9 ± 12.4^abc	278 ± 130^ab
FL	11	5.22 ± 1.42	103 ± 22^ab	382 ± 109^a
FM	9	5.40 ± 1.33	106 ± 10^a	323 ± 159^ab
FH	11	6.42 ± 1.51	94.7 ± 12.7^abc	298 ± 73^ab
PC	11	5.68 ± 0.85	86.4 ± 7.6^c	241 ± 79^b
NSC	13	5.40 ± 1.42	90.0 ± 15.6^bc	270 ± 96^ab

Values are means ± SD. Values within same column not sharing a common small letter are significantly different () from each other and assayed by one-way ANOVA, followed by Duncan’s new multiple range test. NSC, nonsensitized control; DC, dietary control; PC, positive control; FL, low dose farnesol (0.003% in AIN-76 feed); FM, medium dose farnesol (0.017% in AIN-76 feed); FH, high dose farnesol (0.067% in AIN-76 feed).