Modifications in Bone Matrix of Estrogen-Deficient Rats Treated with Intermittent PTH

Table 1

Histochemical and biochemical quantification of glycosaminoglycans.

	Histochemical analysis		Biochemical analysis
	General GAGs; pH 2.5 (%)	Sulfated GAGs; pH 0.5 (%)	Chondroitin sulfate; (µg/mg tissue)	Hyaluronan; (µg/g tissue)
OVX	3.68 ± 2.21	2.98 ± 1.54	0.90 ± 0.08	29.18 ± 13.08
PTH03	3.02 ± 1.97	1.81 ± 0.99	0.67 ± 0.11	33.24 ± 12.16
PTH5	1.40 ± 0.83^*	1.24 ± 1.55^*	0.53 ± 0.08^*	58.71 ± 13.48^*
PTH025	1.72 ± 1.26^*	1.38 ± 1.28^*	0.57 ± 0.11	33.66 ± 13.16

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. ; ^*versus OVX.