IL-2 was detected on day 3 and day 5 of incubation at concentrations of 100 ng/ml and 10 μg/ml, whereas no IL-2 was detectable from the cultures With the D. scandens extract at a concentration of 100 μg/ml , compared with the control cultures. The amount of IL-2 detected on day 3 at concentration of 100 μg/ml and 10 μg/ml was 22.50 ± 2.40 and 26.75 ± 4.15 pg/ml respectively. On day 5 of incubations , IL-2 was detected at amounts of 23.50 ± 1.50 pg/ml and 39.00 ± 3.00pg/ml from supernatants of the cultures containing the D. scandens extract at concentration of 100 ng/ml and 10 μg/ml respectively.