Table 2.

The influence of PTTTF on paw swelling in rats with adjuvant arthritis

Groups	$n$	2 days		7 days		14 days		21 days		28 days
Control group	10	0.02	$\pm$ 0.01	0.01	$\pm$ 0.01	0.01	$\pm$ 0.01	0.03	$\pm$ 0.02	0.03	$\pm$ 0.02
Model group	10	0.72	$\pm$ 0.19${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	0.84	$\pm$ 0.23${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	0.77	$\pm$ 0.23${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	0.76	$\pm$ 0.16${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	0.73	$\pm$ 0.15${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$
Positive group	10	0.30	$\pm$ 0.14	0.59	$\pm$ 0.22	0.39	$\pm$ 0.08	0.18	$\pm$ 0.11	0.14	$\pm$ 0.08
Low dose group	10	0.59	$\pm$ 0.17	0.69	$\pm$ 0.13	0.54	$\pm$ 0.12${}^{\ast }$	0.53	$\pm$ 0.11${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.49	$\pm$ 0.09${}^{\ast \ast }$
Medium dose group	10	0.54	$\pm$ 0.17${}^{\ast }$	0.63	$\pm$ 0.12${}^{\ast }$	0.54	$\pm$ 0.07${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.48	$\pm$ 0.12${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.47	$\pm$ 0.12${}^{\ast \ast }$
High dose group	10	0.48	$\pm$ 0.10${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.53	$\pm$ 0.14${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.49	$\pm$ 0.07${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.46	$\pm$ 0.12${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.36	$\pm$ 0.17${}^{\ast \ast }$

The number of samples in each group was 10. All data represent the mean $\pm$ SD. Compared with control group, # 0.05, ## 0.01; Compared with model group, 0.05, 0.01.