Table 3.

Effect of baicalin on the arthritis index in adjuvant arthritis rats (mean $\pm$ s, $n=$ 10)

Groups	Arthritis indexes
	7d	14d	21d	28d
Normal	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Model	6.60 $\pm$ 0.52${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	7.10 $\pm$ 0.83${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	7.70 $\pm$ 0.67${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$	7.90 $\pm$ 0.57${}^{\mathrm{\#}\mathrm{\#}}$
Dexamethasone	3.30 $\pm$ 0.67${}^{\ast \ast }$	2.70 $\pm$ 0.48${}^{\ast \ast }$	1.50 $\pm$ 0.53${}^{\ast \ast }$	0.10 $\pm$ 0.03${}^{\ast \ast }$
Low-dose baicalin	6.40 $\pm$ 0.52	6.60 $\pm$ 0.84	5.80 $\pm$ 0.63${}^{\ast \ast }$	5.50 $\pm$ 0.53${}^{\ast \ast }$
Medium-dose baicalin	6.30 $\pm$ 0.48	5.90 $\pm$ 0.57${}^{\ast \ast }$	5.20 $\pm$ 0.42${}^{\ast \ast }$	4.90 $\pm$ 0.32${}^{\ast \ast }$
High-dose baicalin	5.90 $\pm$ 0.74${}^{\ast }$	4.70 $\pm$ 0.82${}^{\ast \ast }$	4.10 $\pm$ 0.57${}^{\ast \ast }$	3.50 $\pm$ 0.53${}^{\ast \ast }$