Effects of Ginseng and Echinacea on Cytokine mRNA Expression in Rats

Table 4

Statistical analysis summary of results obtained from ginseng 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	0,443–2,742	0,230–7,522	1,000
IL-10	TRG	0,91	1,533	0,394–4,632	0,200–6,599	0,502
TGF-β1	TRG	0,91	1,522	0,446–8,461	0,263–25,741	0,565
TNF-α	TRG	0,91	0,897	0,463–1,689	0,246–2,596	0,876

Normalisation factor of the parameters used for analysis was 1.46.