IL6 and infection: Specifically, the concentration of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the serum of treated mice decreased to 9.98 ± 0.87 pg/mL at 30 h post-treatment, which was markedly lower than that in the infection control group (21.6 ± 0.64) pg/mL (p < 0.001) (Figure 8c).