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

Table 2

Posttreated rat models initially infected with S. aureus 24 hours earlier. Treatment with the energy tonic doses and the broad spectrum antibiotic significantly decreseasd corticosterone levels when compared with the untreated, saline treated, and S. aureus infected rats.

Postinfection		Saline	S. aureus infection	TM 100 mg/mL/kg	TM 20 mg/mL/kg	5% Enrofloxacin
Absorbance (405 nm)	Untreated
	1.988	2.187	1.922	2.307	2.053	2.22
	1.988	1.983	1.915	2.399	2.101	2.306
	1.938	1.919	1.965	2.393	2.148	2.296
Average	1.971	2.030	1.934	2.366	2.101	2.274
Std. Dev.	0.029	0.140	0.027	0.052	0.048	0.047
Corticosterone (pg/mL)	48.56	45.32	60.12	19.45	35.59	27.13