Anti-Inflammatory Activity of the Essential Oil Citral in Experimental Infection with Staphylococcus aureus in a Model Air Pouch

Figure 5

Gene expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in air pouch from Balb/c mice after 4 and 8 hours’ inoculation. Groups () inoculated with Tween 1% (C), citral (CT), S. aureus (S) and S. aureus treated with citral (S + CT), in an experiment lasting 4 and 8 h. Significant difference using , Kruskal-Wallis test.