Er-xian decoction exerts estrogen-like osteoprotective effects in vivo and in vitro

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 409-426

  Wong, Ka Chun ^a   Lee, Kin Shing ^a   Luk, Hon Kit ^a   Wan, Hoi Ying ^a   Ho, Chui Kwan ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^a,b   Wong, Man Sau ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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

Author keywords

Er Xian Decoction; Estrogen Receptor; Osteoporosis; Ovariectomized Rats; Rat Osteoblast like UMR 106 Cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES EXTRACT; ER XIAN DECOCTION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; HERBA EPIMEDII EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOSTEOPOROSIS ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HERBA EPIMEDII; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84897877869     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X1450027X     Document Type: Article

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