Research Article

Immunomodulatory Effects of Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) in BALB/c Mice

Table 2

Effects of Danshen on an amnestic antibody response.

Supplemented
daily diet
IgG1
anti-KLH
IgG2a
anti-KLH
IgE
anti-KLH

0% Danshen6595 ± 1050920 ± 1481.6 ± 0.18
0.5% Danshen7327 ± 2194953 ± 2421.1 ± 0.23
1% Danshen6884 ± 1222929 ± 1571.3 ± 0.12
2% Danshen7407 ± 16841113 ± 2601.4 ± 0.20

The data are presented as mean ± SEM of ELISA values calculated as described in Methods.
There are no significant differences detected among all of the groups.
The numbers of mice per group were as follows: 0%, ; 0.5%, ; 1%, ; and 2%, .