The effects of aqueous extract of Maca on energy metabolism and immunoregulation

Table 3 Serum IFN-γ, TNG-β, IL-2, IL-4 level in each group

Groups	IL-2 (pg/ml)	IFN-l (pg/ml)	TNF-Nl (pg/ml)	IL-4 (pg/ml)
Normal	39.42 ± 7.22	69.20 ± 11.64	110.02 ± 21.07	5.69 ± 0.84
Model	20.31 ± 5.19^***	30.63 ± 7.35^***	71.11 ± 15.65^***	9.39 ± 1.71^***
Ginseng	48.04 ± 9.72^c	58.49 ± 9.25^c	100.78 ± 22.65^c	7.46 ± 1.49^b
AEM-L	50.84 ± 10.63^c	60.33 ± 10.29^c	85.42 ± 19.63^a	6.83 ± 1.55^a
AEM-H	56.73 ± 11.62^c	75.39 ± 13.70^c	102.30 ± 24.30^c	7.87 ± 1.92^b

^a Represented P < 0.05 compared with the model group; ^b represented P < 0.01 compared with the model group; ^c represented P < 0.001 compared with the model group
* Represented P < 0.05 compared with the normal group; ** represented P < 0.01 compared with the normal group; *** represented P < 0.001 compared with the normal group

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