Medicinal herbs in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-22

  Li, Chenrui ^a   Li, Qiang ^b   Liu, Ruijun ^a   Niu, Yinbo ^a   Pan, Yalei ^a   Zhai, Yuankun ^a   Mei, Qibing ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bisphosphonates; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Medicinal Herbs; Osteoporosis; Phytoestrogens; Review; Traditional Formulas

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; ECHINACOSIDE; EQUOL; GENISTEIN; OLEUROPEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PUERARIN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; CANCER RISK; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HERB; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLANT ROOT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PUERARIA LOBATA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RATS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84893513965     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X14500013     Document Type: Article

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