Research Article

Brazilian Propolis: A Natural Product That Improved the Fungicidal Activity by Blood Phagocytes

Table 2

Blood mononuclear phagocyte (MN) viability index in the presence of propolis and its fractions. The results represent the means (±SD) of ten experiments with cells from different individuals (ANOVA ).

Experimental groupMN phagocytes viability (%)

Control98,2 ± 0,83
Propolis90,4 ± 1,14
Hexane94 ± 1,58
Dichloromethane88,4 ± 1,14
Ethyl acetate91,6 ± 2,07
Methanol91 ± 1,58