Figure 4From: Anti-inflammatory effects and possible mechanism of action of lupeol acetate isolated from Himatanthus drasticus (Mart.) PlumelEffects of lupeol acetate (LA: 0.1, 1 and 10 μg/ml) on PMA stimulated myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity from human neutrophils in vitro. The values are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. The analysis was done at least in quadruplicates and repeated in three different days. a. and b. vs. control (Hanks' solution) and vehicle (0.4% Tween 80), respectively, at p < 0.001 (ANOVA followed by the Student-Newman-Keuls as the post hoc test).Back to article page