Fig. 1.

“Sanse powder” can alleviate the symptoms of KOA. Notes. a Cartilage histomorphology of each group stained with H&E, 40×, scale bar = 100 μm. b Representative synovial tissues of each group stained with H&E, 400×, scale bar = 50 um. c, d MWT and cold pain threshold of each group. ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01 vs. control group; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs KOA group (n = 7). e, f Representative protein bands for each group. ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01 vs. control group; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. KOA group. g Representative gene bands for each group. ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01 vs. control group; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. KOA group. h Levels of TNF-α and IL-1β in rat serum were detected by ELISA. ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01 vs. control group; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. KOA group