Flemingia macrophylla Extract Ameliorates Experimental Osteoporosis in Ovariectomized Rats
Figure 6
Histological analysis of the bone section on left tibiae. (a) Sham-operated group. (b) OVX + H2O group. These rats show decreases in the trabecular bone and cortical thickness of the metaphysis. (c) OVX + FME (500 mg kg−1) group. These rats show increases in the trabecular bone and cortical thickness of the metaphysis. (d) OVX + alendronate group. These rats show increases in the trabecular bone and cortical thickness of the metaphysis. Magnification = 40x. (e) Histogram representing image-quantization of the mean percentage of trabecular volume/tissue volume (BV/TV) and (f) cortical thickness (Cort. Th) of the metaphysic. All values are mean ± SD (n = 8). *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001 compared with the OVX + H2O group.
