Effects of Ginseng and Echinacea on Cytokine mRNA Expression in Rats

Table 3

Statistical analysis summary of results obtained from echinacea versus control after processing RT-PCR data through REST (Relative Expression Software Tool) in 40th day.

Gene	Type	Reaction efficiency	Expression	Std. Error	95% CI	P (H1)	Result
GAPDH	REF	0,91	1,000	0,270–3,369	0,086–11,659	1,000
IL-10	TRG	0,91	1,707	0,369–5,595	0,233–11,811	0,263
TGF-β1	TRG	0,91	0,837	0,404–1,686	0,248–3,303	0,508
TNF-α	TRG	0,91	1,587	0,583–4,967	0,307–8,978	0,241

Normalisation factor of the parameters used for analysis was 1.00.