Figure 1From: A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled phase III clinical trial of chicken type II collagen in rheumatoid arthritisThe flow sheet of production of chicken type II collagen (CCII). CCII is a protein extracted from the cartilage of chicken breast. Its molecular weight is 115 to approximately 135 kDa by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis method. In this study, the CCII capsule that patients received consisted of CCII and an adjuvant such as mannitol and glidantin.Back to article page