The Immune Effects of an African Traditional Energy Tonic in In Vitro and In Vivo Models

Table 1

Effects of pretreatment of rat models with either the energy tonic doses or 5% Enrofloxacin followed by infection with S. aureus on corticosterone levels.

Preinfection		Saline	S. aureus infection	TM 100 mg/mL/kg	TM 20 mg/mL/kg	5% Enrofloxacin
Absorbance (405 nm)	Untreated
	1.988	2.187	1.904	1.826	1.867	1.923
	1.988	1.983	1.9	1.838	1.735	1.954
	1.938	1.919	1.869	1.695	1.794	1.979
Average	1.971	2.030	1.891	1.786	1.799	1.952
Std. Dev.	0.029	0.140	0.019	0.079	0.066	0.028
Corticosterone (pg/mL)	48.56	45.32	75.45	84.21	95.23	40.56