Therapeutic Effect of Saponin Rich Fraction of Achyranthes aspera Linn. on Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Table 1

Effect of saponin rich (SR) fraction of Achyranthes aspera on arthritis score in arthritic rats.

Treatment	Dose (mg/kg)	Arthritic score ± SEM
		Day 7	Day 14	Day 21	Day 28
Control	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
FCA control	—	6.17 ± 0.477	11.50 ± 0.563	13.33 ± 0.494	13.50 ± 0.619
Indomethacin	1	5.67 ± 0.333	8.67 ± 0.333	9.17 ± 0.477	7.83 ± 0.307
SR fraction	50	6.17 ± 0.307	10.83 ± 0.654	11.83 ± 0.477	10.83 ± 0.477
	100	5.83 ± 0.307	9.33 ± 0.333	8.50 ± 0.428	8.00 ± 0.365

Values are expressed as means ± SEM, .
, , and compared to the FCA control group.