Withania somnifera improves bone calcification in calcium-deficient ovariectomized rats

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-519

  Nagareddy, Prabhakara Reddy ^a,b   Lakshmana, M ^a  

^a Government College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; WITHANOLIDE; 3 NITROTYROSINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGENASE INHIBITOR;

AGING; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASH; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; METAPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE URINE LEVEL; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NITROSATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM; FEMALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WITHANIA; ACETYLCYSTEINE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; ISOPROSTANES; MALE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TYROSINE;

EID: 33748199512     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.58.4.0011     Document Type: Article

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