Effects of Ginseng and Echinacea on Cytokine mRNA Expression in Rats

Table 1

Statistical analysis summary of results obtained from echinacea versus control after processing RT-PCR data through REST (Relative Expression Software Tool) in 20th day.

Gene	Type	Reaction efficiency	Expression	Std. error	95% CI	P (H1)	Result
GAPDH	REF	0,91	1,000	0,501–2,050	0,313–2,909	1,000
IL-10	TRG	0,91	4,053	0,956–12,147	0,867–22,956	0,131
TGF-β1	TRG	1,0	2,569	0,715–8,246	0,334–19,656	0,472
TNF-α	TRG	0,91	5,042	2,078–13,565	0,944–23,456	0,035	UP

Normalisation factor of the parameters used for analysis was 0.40.