Table 2.

Effect of baicalin on the plantar swelling in rats (mean $\pm$ s, $n=$ 10, ml)

Groups	4d	8d	12d	16d	20d	24d	28d
Normal	0.05 $\pm$ 0.07	0.06 $\pm$ 0.06	0.07 $\pm$ 0.04	0.11 $\pm$ 0.08	0.07 $\pm$ 0.05	0.05 $\pm$ 0.09	0.02 $\pm$ 0.05
Model	0.82 $\pm$ 0.08${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	0.81 $\pm$ 0.05${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	0.81 $\pm$ 0.09${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	0.81 $\pm$ 0.07${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	0.80 $\pm$ 0.06${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	0.83 $\pm$ 0.09${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	0.84 $\pm$ 0.07${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$
Dexamethosone	0.74 $\pm$ 0.09	0.61 $\pm$ 0.04${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.49 $\pm$ 0.08${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.36 $\pm$ 0.07${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.25 $\pm$ 0.07${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.15 $\pm$ 0.05${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.06 $\pm$ 0.05${}^{\ast \ast }$
Low-dose baicalin	0.81 $\pm$ 0.07	0.82 $\pm$ 0.03	0.79 $\pm$ 0.04	0.78 $\pm$ 0.04	0.71 $\pm$ 0.11${}^{\ast }$	0.66 $\pm$ 0.09${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.62 $\pm$ 0.09${}^{\ast \ast }$
Medium-dose baicalin	0.81 $\pm$ 0.06	0.78 $\pm$ 0.04	0.70 $\pm$ 0.11${}^{\ast }$	0.62 $\pm$ 0.08${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.54 $\pm$ 0.08${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.52 $\pm$ 0.08${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.43 $\pm$ 0.09${}^{\ast \ast }$
High-dose baicalin	0.77 $\pm$ 0.08	0.69 $\pm$ 0.08${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.60 $\pm$ 0.04${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.53 $\pm$ 0.09${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.45 $\pm$ 0.07${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.42 $\pm$ 0.10${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.37 $\pm$ 0.07${}^{\ast \ast }$