Research Article

Effect of Rosmarinic and Caffeic Acids on Inflammatory and Nociception Process in Rats

Table 2

Migrated leucocytes into pleural exudate in rats treated with caffeic acid (CA) and rosmarinic acid (RA).

TreatmentTotal cellsPMNMN
×106 cells

Control
𝑛 = 6
1 . 5 6 ± 0 . 6 4 1 . 1 2 ± 0 . 5 7 0 . 4 4 ± 0 . 2 2
RA (5 mg kg−1)
𝑛 = 6
0 . 3 4 ± 0 . 3 5 A 0 . 1 8 ± 0 . 1 4 A 0 . 1 6 ± 0 . 1 3 B
RA (10 mg kg−1)
𝑛 = 6
0 . 3 0 ± 0 . 1 5 A 0 . 1 8 ± 0 . 1 0 A 0 . 1 2 ± 0 . 0 8 A
CA (5 mg kg−1)
𝑛 = 8
0 . 5 3 ± 0 . 1 7 A 0 . 2 5 ± 0 . 1 2 A 0 . 2 8 ± 0 . 1 8
CA (10 mg kg−1)
𝑛 = 6
0 . 1 1 ± 0 . 0 0 8 A 1 0 . 0 0 5 ± 0 . 0 0 3 A 1 0 . 0 0 6 ± 0 . 0 0 3 A 1

Values are Mean ± S E M. PMN: polymorphonuclear cells. MN: mononuclear cells.
Student’s 𝑡 -test: Compared with control group: A 𝑃 < . 0 5 , B 𝑃 < . 0 1 .
ANOVA/Tukey: Compared between groups: 1 𝑃 < . 0 5 .