Free Radical Scavenging Capacities and Alleviating Actions of Polysaccharides Extract of Termitomyces le-testui on Methylprednisolone-Induced Immunodepression in Rats

Table 3

The effect of crude polysaccharides extract of Termitomyces le-testui on spleen and thymus index.

Treatment		Spleen index	Thymus index
Neg. control	1 ml H2O	0.0032 ± 0.0008	0.00019 ± 0.00001
Nor. control	—	0.0076 ± 0.0005	0.00041 ± 0.00003
BCG (2.10^3 CFU/ml)	200 µl	0.0043 ± 0.0017	0.00046 ± 0.00005
Extract (mg/kg)	25	0.0045 ± 0.0005	0.0010 ± 0.00051
	50	0.0052 ± 0.0001	0.0010 ± 0.00022
	100	0.0055 ± 0.0005	0.00081 ± 0.0003

Neg. control: prednisolone-treated animal and receiving the vehicle (saline solution) and Nor. control: normal control. Asterisks (, , and ) indicate the significant difference as compared to negative control.