Tu-Teng-Cao Extract Alleviates Monosodium Urate-Induced Acute Gouty Arthritis in Rats by Inhibiting Uric Acid and Inflammation

Table 2

Effects of TTC on the inflammation index in rats with acute gouty arthritis.

Group	Unit	After injection of MSU
		12 h					24 h
		Grade 0	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	value	Grade 0	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	value
Normal	pcs	10	0	0	0		10	0	0	0
Model	pcs	0	4	5	1	^##	0	0	4	6	^##
Colchicine	pcs	0	6	3	1		0	4	5	1
TTC-H	pcs	0	4	5	1		0	2	6	2
TTC-M	pcs	0	5	4	1		0	3	5	2
TTC-L	pcs	0	4	5	1		0	1	7	2
Group	Unit	48 h					72 h
		Grade 0	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	value	Grade 0	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	value
Normal	pcs	10	0	0	0		10	0	0	0
Model	pcs	0	0	3	7	^##	0	6	2	2	^##
Colchicine	pcs	0	4	6	0		4	5	1	0
TTC-H	pcs	0	0	7	3		2	5	2	1
TTC-M	pcs	0	3	5	2		2	6	2	0
TTC-L	pcs	0	1	6	3		2	4	4	0
Group	Unit	96 h
		Grade 0	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	value
Normal	pcs	10	0	0	0
Model	pcs	3	5	2	0	^##
Colchicine	pcs	6	4	0	0
TTC-H	pcs	4	4	2	0
TTC-M	pcs	5	5	0	0
TTC-L	pcs	3	6	1	0