Immunomodulatory Activity of Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae) Leaf Diethyl Ether and Methanol Extracts on Salmonella typhi-Infected Mice and LPS-Induced Phagocytic Activities of Macrophages and Neutrophils

Table 3

Effect of M. charantia leaf diethyl ether extract on total and differential leucocytes mobilization (cells/ml) in mice.

	Extract			Levamisole	Control
	250 (mg/kg)	500 (mg/kg)	1000 (mg/kg)
TLC	1356 ± 191.94^a	1515.8 ± 311.80	1804.15 ± 322.71	1151.32 ± 172.10	962.28 ± 134.41
Neutrophil	311.90 ± 165.23^a (22.09)	400.09 ± 119.91^a (26.37)	472.64 ± 116.89^a (26.02)	303.11 ± 62.80 (26.22)	411.43 ± 160.73 (42.92)
Lymphocyte	1016.38 ± 95.17 (75.88)	1102.57 ± 243.62 (72.78)	1289.80 ± 215.62 (71.65)	842.42 ± 121.06 (73.28)	504.96 ± 170.48 (52.33)
Basophil	4.27 ± 4.49 (0.29)	0.03 ± 0.07 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	0.45 ± 0.52 (0.04)	15.51 ± 4.04 (1.60)
Monocyte	16.39 ± 9.32^a (1.2)	0.63 ± 0.79 (0.04)	19.60 ± 3.82^a (1.08)	1.75 ± 0.48 (0.15)	20.23 ± 4.72 (2.10)
Eosinophil	0.40 ± 0.91 (0.03)	4.81 ± 1.68^b (0.32)	5.29 ± 0.95^b (0.30)	0.20 ± 0.46 (0.02)	7.05 ± 2.53 (0.71)

Mean ± SD with different superscript letters is significantly different ().