Pueraria mirifica, a phytoestrogen-rich herb, prevents bone loss in orchidectomized rats

Maturitas

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 322-331

  Urasopon, Nontakorn ^a,c   Hamada, Yuzuru ^b   Asaoka, Kazuo ^b   Cherdshewasart, Wichai ^c   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Faculty of Science   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bone loss; Male rats; Phytoestrogens; Pueraria mirifica

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ACCESSORY SEX ORGAN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMUR; HERB; HYPOGONADISM; LEGUME; LONG BONE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSTATE; PUERARIA MIRIFICA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY DENSITOMETRY; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAILAND; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYTOESTROGENS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROSTATE; PUERARIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINAL VESICLES;

FABACEAE; PUERARIA MIRIFICA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846931509     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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