Anti-osteoporotic effect of Erythrina variegata L. in ovariectomized rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 165-169

  Zhang, Yan ^a,b   Li, Xiao Li ^a,b   Lai, Wan Ping ^b,c   Chen, Bin ^a   Chow, Hung Kay ^d   Wu, Chun Fu ^a   Wang, Nai Li ^e   Yao, Xin Sheng ^a,e   Wong, Man Sau ^b,c  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Erythrina variegata L.; Genistein; Osteoporosis; Ovariectomy; Phytoestrogen

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA EXTRACT; ESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; GLYCOSIDE; OSTEOCALCIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SPHAEROBIOSIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEMUR; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ERYTHRINA; FEMALE; FEMUR; GENISTEIN; ORGAN SIZE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TIBIA; UTERUS;

ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA;

EID: 33751428397     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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