Effects of Ginseng and Echinacea on Cytokine mRNA Expression in Rats

Table 2

Statistical analysis summary of results obtained from ginseng 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	0,497–1,970	0,295–3,419	1,000
IL-10	TRG	0,91	12,304	4,545–33,116	2,140–61,238	0,041	UP
TGF-β1	TRG	1,0	1,179	0,556–2,755	0,464–4,988	1,000
TNF-α	TRG	0,91	8,468	4,847–19,217	2,357–24,843	0,065

Normalisation factor of the parameters used for analysis was 0.18.