Table 4.
The effect of β-sitosterol on the body weight of CFA induced arthritic rats.
| S. No | Groups | Body Weight
(gm) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 7 | Day 14 | Day 21 | Day 28 | ||
| 1 | NC | 152 ± 3.45 | 164.3 ± 2.98 | 176.4 ± 4.32 | 190.6 ± 4.98 |
| 2 | CFA | 155.4 ± 3.92 | 158.3 ± 4.98 | 155.8 ± 5.03 | 151.3 ± 3.94 |
| 3 | CFA+ β-sitosterol (2.5 mg/kg) | 154.5 ± 3.85ns | 159.8 ± 4.11ns | 164.5 ± 4.38* | 169.5 ± 3.94** |
| 4 | CFA+ β-sitosterol (25 mg/kg) | 153.9 ± 2.93ns | 160.2 ± 3.07* | 167.8 ± 3.94* | 175.4 ± 4.32** |
| 5 | CFA+ β-sitosterol-SLN | 155.3 ± 3.45ns | 163.4 ± 3.94* | 172.4 ± 4.34** | 188.5 ± 4.08*** |
| 6 | CFA + Indomethacin (400µg/kg) | 154.6 ± 3.73ns | 1.63 ± 2.93* | 171.3 ± 3.45** | 186.8 ± 3.84*** |
All values are presented as mean ± SEM. Statisticalanalysis by one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparison. *p < .05, **p < .01 and ***p < .01 vs. Control.