Prevention of bone loss in calcium deficient ovariectonized rats by OST-6, a herbal preparation

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 259-264

  Prabhakara Reddy, N ^b   Lakshmana, M ^a  

^a Government College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b Torrent Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

CT scanning; Herbal preparation; OST 6 (osteocare); Osteoporosis; Ovariectomy; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; COMMIPHORA MUKUL EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OSTEOCARE 6; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACT; PRAVAL BHASMA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE EROSION; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; COMMIPHORA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HERB; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METAPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOMETRY; OVARIECTOMY; PERIOSTEUM; POROSITY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRAVAL BHASMA; RADIUS; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; DIET; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGAN SIZE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PHOSPHATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037295846     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00325-2     Document Type: Article

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