Evidence of Immunosuppressive and Th2 Immune Polarizing Effects of Antidiabetic Momordica charantia Fruit Juice

Table 2

Ratios of Th1 and Th2 cytokine concentrations in cell culture supernatants.

	Leafy stem		Fruit
	Total juice; (100 μg/ml)	Filtered juice; (100 μg/ml)	Total juice; (100 μg/ml)	Filtered juice; (100 μg/ml)
	IFN-γ/IL4		IFN-γ/IL-4
Ratios of cytokines from cells without mitogen	11.12	1.05	0.55	16.19
Ratios of cytokines from cell with mitogen (PHA) stimulation

The values are ratios of cytokine concentrations in supernatants of unstimulated and PHA-stimulated cells cultured in presence of 100 g/ml of plant juices. Cytokine concentrations are determined as described in Materials and Methods. < 0.05 indicates significant difference between both ratios with mitogen and without mitogen stimulation.