Effect of ginseng mixture on osteoporosis in ovariectomized rats |
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Authors: | Kim Hyung-Ryong Cui Yan Hong Su-Jung Shin Sook-Jeong Kim Do-Sung Kim Na-Mi So Seung-Ho Lee Seong-Kye Kim Eun-Cheol Chae Soo-Wan Chae Han-Jung |
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Affiliation: | Department of Dental Pharmacology, Dental School, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chonbuk, Republic of Korea. |
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Abstract: | In this study, the authors have characterized the effect of HER-S (red ginseng, Angelicae gigantis Radix, Phyllostachys folium, and soybean extracts) on osteoporosis-associated phenomena in ovariectomized (OVX) rats by measuring body weights and bone histomorphometries in control, sham, OVX, OVX(beta-estradiol-treated), and OVX(HER-S-treated) rats. Light microscopic analyses showed a porous or eroded appearance on the femoral trabecular bone surface in OVX rats, whereas the femoral trabecular bone surfaces of the other groups (control, sham, OVX(17beta-estradiol-treated), and OVX(HER-S-treated) rats) were composed of fine particles. The femoral trabecular bone area and number were decreased in OVX rats, but these reductions were significantly prevented by the administration of HER-S for 7 weeks, similar to estrogen. In the blood biochemistry results, serum phosphorus, calcium, T(3), and T(4) remained unchanged, but blood estrogen levels were significantly increased in HER-S-treated rats, which suggests that estrogen is related to the mechanism of the HER-S-induced antiosteoporosis function in OVX rats. |
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