Assessment of antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities of termite associated fungi, Termitomyces clypeatus R. Heim (Lyophyllaceae, Basidiomycota)

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 5 Effect of extract and levamisole on body weight in mice

a. Effect on body weight in normal mice
Periods	Control	Levamisole	AEM 500 mg/kg	AEM 1000 mg/kg
T0	18,65 ± 1,51^a	17,42±2,46^a	19,6 ± 2,80^a	20,62 ± 2,68^a
T1	21,35 ± 1,56^a	20,72±2,60^a	16,22 ± 1,94^b	17,12 ± 2,19^b
RWG (%)	14.47^#	18.94^&	-17.24^ξ	-16.97^δ
b. Effect on body weight in mice with dexamethasone induced immunosuppression
	Dexam.	Dexam. + Lev.	Dex.+ 500 mg/kg	Dex. + 1000 mg/kg
T0	18,6±4,22^a	18,87±1,84^a	18,97 ± 1,32^a	17,07±2,50^a
T1	19,95±4,33^a	21,57±1,87^a	16,52 ± 1,23^a	14,37±2,25^b
RWG (%)	7.25^#	14.30^&	-18.91^ξ	-15.81^ξ

T0 before treatment, T1 after treatment, RWG relative weight gain at the end of period of the treatment. Data represent Means ± SD (n= 5). Values with different letter (a, b) superscripts, along column, are significantly different at the level of 0.05 (p< 0.05). Values with different symbol (#, &, ξ) superscripts, along row, are significantly different at the level of 0.05 (p< 0.05)