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Effects of Velvet Antler with Blood on Bone in Ovariectomized Rats

In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), both velvet antlers (VA) and VA blood can tonify qi, essence, and marrow, nourish the blood, and invigorate bones and tendons. In TCM, the combination of VA and VA blood is believed to have superior pharmacological effects. Scientific evidence supporting the tr...

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Autores principales: Tseng, Sung-Hui, Sung, Hsin-Ching, Chen, Lih-Geeng, Lai, Ying-Jang, Wang, Kun-Teng, Sung, Chun-Hsien, Wang, Ching-Chiung
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6268457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22951396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules170910574
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author Tseng, Sung-Hui
Sung, Hsin-Ching
Chen, Lih-Geeng
Lai, Ying-Jang
Wang, Kun-Teng
Sung, Chun-Hsien
Wang, Ching-Chiung
author_facet Tseng, Sung-Hui
Sung, Hsin-Ching
Chen, Lih-Geeng
Lai, Ying-Jang
Wang, Kun-Teng
Sung, Chun-Hsien
Wang, Ching-Chiung
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description In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), both velvet antlers (VA) and VA blood can tonify qi, essence, and marrow, nourish the blood, and invigorate bones and tendons. In TCM, the combination of VA and VA blood is believed to have superior pharmacological effects. Scientific evidence supporting the traditional therapeutic preference for redder antler is needed. The effectiveness of the combination therapy of VA middle sections (VAMs) and VA blood (VAM-B) was first examined in promoting proliferation of mouse osteoblastic cells (MC3T3-E1). The anti-osteoporotic activity of VAM-B (ratio of VAM:VA blood = 1:0.2) was evaluated with ovariectomized (OVX) rats at a dose of 0.2 g/kg. In VAM-B-treated OVX rats, the body weight decreased 10.7%, and the strength of vertebrae and the femur respectively increased 18.1% and 15.4%, compared to the control. VAM-B treatment also recovered the estrogen-related loss of the right tibial trabecular bone microarchitecture. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) significantly decreased, but estradiol did not significantly change in serum of VAM-B-treated OVX rats. We also provide an effective strategy to enhance the anti-osteoporotic activity of VAM. In conclusion, our results provide scientific evidence supporting the traditional therapeutic preference of redder antler and indicate that VAM-B is a potential therapeutic agent for managing osteoporosis.
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spelling pubmed-62684572018-12-12 Effects of Velvet Antler with Blood on Bone in Ovariectomized Rats Tseng, Sung-Hui Sung, Hsin-Ching Chen, Lih-Geeng Lai, Ying-Jang Wang, Kun-Teng Sung, Chun-Hsien Wang, Ching-Chiung Molecules Article In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), both velvet antlers (VA) and VA blood can tonify qi, essence, and marrow, nourish the blood, and invigorate bones and tendons. In TCM, the combination of VA and VA blood is believed to have superior pharmacological effects. Scientific evidence supporting the traditional therapeutic preference for redder antler is needed. The effectiveness of the combination therapy of VA middle sections (VAMs) and VA blood (VAM-B) was first examined in promoting proliferation of mouse osteoblastic cells (MC3T3-E1). The anti-osteoporotic activity of VAM-B (ratio of VAM:VA blood = 1:0.2) was evaluated with ovariectomized (OVX) rats at a dose of 0.2 g/kg. In VAM-B-treated OVX rats, the body weight decreased 10.7%, and the strength of vertebrae and the femur respectively increased 18.1% and 15.4%, compared to the control. VAM-B treatment also recovered the estrogen-related loss of the right tibial trabecular bone microarchitecture. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) significantly decreased, but estradiol did not significantly change in serum of VAM-B-treated OVX rats. We also provide an effective strategy to enhance the anti-osteoporotic activity of VAM. In conclusion, our results provide scientific evidence supporting the traditional therapeutic preference of redder antler and indicate that VAM-B is a potential therapeutic agent for managing osteoporosis. MDPI 2012-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6268457/ /pubmed/22951396 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules170910574 Text en © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Wang, Ching-Chiung
Effects of Velvet Antler with Blood on Bone in Ovariectomized Rats
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title_full Effects of Velvet Antler with Blood on Bone in Ovariectomized Rats
title_fullStr Effects of Velvet Antler with Blood on Bone in Ovariectomized Rats
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Velvet Antler with Blood on Bone in Ovariectomized Rats
title_short Effects of Velvet Antler with Blood on Bone in Ovariectomized Rats
title_sort effects of velvet antler with blood on bone in ovariectomized rats
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6268457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22951396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules170910574
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