The present invention discloses isolates and fractions from a phyto-percolate and methods for affecting various cytokines by administering an effective amount of one or more of said isolates or fractions to an animal. In various exemplary embodiments, the isolates are useful for the treatment of bovine, canine and swine infection or inflammation, including bovine mastitis, by regulation of TNF-a, lactoferrin, IFN-γ, IL-I β, serum amyloid-A (SAA), IL-6 and/or β-defensin associated with infection or an immune response generally.