| Days
Groups |
Scores (mm) |
| 0 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
15 |
18 |
21 |
25 |
|
| Phosphate buffer saline |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
| Acetic acid |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
| Betamethosone |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
0
± 0 |
| CIA |
0
± 0 |
0.009 ± 0.0002 |
0.015 ± 0.0006 |
0.018 ± 0.0006 |
0.035 ± 0.0015 |
0.038 ± 0.0014 |
0.04 ± 0.0015 |
0.04 ± 0.0014 |
| CIA + Betamethosone |
0
± 0 |
0.008 ± 0.0002 |
0.016 ± 0.0006 |
0.018 ± 0.0006 |
0.015 ± 0.0006* |
0.013 ± 0.0005* |
0.009 ± 0.0003* |
0.004 ± 0.0001* |
*Significant difference between CIA treated group and CIA + Betamethosonegroup using t-student test at P<0.001 |