Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Water-Soluble Polysaccharide of Agaricus blazei Murill on Ovariectomized Osteopenic Rats

Table 1

Effect of WSP-AbM on ICAM-1, iNOS, and COX-2 protein production (number of immunopositive/mm²).

Different groups	COX-2	iNOS	ICAM-1
Sham group	11.00 ± 6.06**	11.40 ± 4.22**	21.23 ± 7.23**
OVX group	70.11 ± 8.22	70.28 ± 9.22	121.12 ± 35.35
WSP-AbM group	42.11 ± 4.55**	35.20 ± 5.00*	99.40 ± 21.20*

Values are shown as means ± SEM. ^∗𝑃<0.05 versus OVX group and ^∗∗𝑃<0.01 versus OVX group.