Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis with Chinese Herbal Medicines

Chinese Herbal Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-270

  ZHAO, Xiao ling ^a,b   FENG, Yu xiong ^a,b,c   PENG, Yong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c GUANGXI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal medicines; efficacy evaluation; osteoporosis; pharmacological activities; prevention and treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889056112     PISSN: 16746384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-6348.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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