Anti-Inflammatory Activity of the Essential Oil Citral in Experimental Infection with Staphylococcus aureus in a Model Air Pouch

Figure 3

Number of neutrophils (a), monocytes (b), and lymphocytes (c) in the blood of Balb/c mice after 4- and 8-hour inoculation. Groups () inoculated with Tween 1% (C), citral (CT), S. aureus (S), and S. aureus treated with citral (S + CT), in an experiment lasting 4 and 8 h. Significant difference using , Kruskal-Wallis test.

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