Research Article

In Vitro and In Vivo Wound Healing and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Babassu Oil (Attalea speciosa Mart. Ex Spreng., Arecaceae)

Table 3

Nitric oxide (NO) and cytokines released by LPS-stimulated macrophages.

[ ] (µg/mL)NO (µM)INF-γ (pg/mL)TNF-α (pg/mL)IL-2 (pg/mL)IL-6 (pg/mL)

PBS0.03 ± 0.01<0.5<0.9496.0 ± 110.4<1.4
LPS1.15 ± 0.19980.4 ± 38.6<0.9516.4 ± 105.7584.4 ± 18.4
Babassu oil3.120.31 ± 0.122200.1 ± 82.8107.7 ± 19.2245.0 ± 133.91286.1 ± 25.9
6.250.28 ± 0.102214.2 ± 28.5<0.9310.5 ± 90.61266.3 ± 8.6
12.50.29 ± 0.091925.6 ± 7.126.3 ± 45.6578.9 ± 110.91197.4 ± 11.8
DEXA100.72 ± 0.12<0.5<0.9619.2 ± 157.07.3 ± 1.3
L-NAME250.31 ± 0.05

Data were analyzed by ANOVA followed by the Bonferroni posttest, considering significant values of when compared with group LPS. —: not tested.