highly significantP < 0.01
There was either a significant decrease in the TNF- α production of group treated with 62.5 μ g/mL EAAC ( P < 0.05), or highly significant decrease of groups treated, respectively, with 125 and 250 μ g/mL of EAAC when compared with the LPS-alone group ( P < 0.01 or P < 0.001).