Comparison between the Effects of Oral and Intramuscular Administration of Shin’iseihaito (Xinyiqingfeitang) in a Streptococcus pyogenes-Induced Murine Sinusitis Model

Figure 4

Cytokine levels in nasal lavage collected from Shin’iseihaito extract- (SSHT-) treated mice. Mice were treated with SSHT, phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) (p.o.), or ampicillin sodium (100 mg/kg/day, ABPC) (i.m.) according to the protocol shown in Figure 1. The nasal fluids were collected and TNF-α (a), IL-1β (b), and IL-6 (c) levels were measured by using ELISA. Data represent the mean ± SD (). .

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