In Vivo Study on the Pharmacological Interactions between a Chinese Herbal Formula ELP and Antiresorptive Drugs to Counteract Osteoporosis

Table 1

Grouping and treatment protocol.

Group	Description
(1) Sham	Sham-operated
(2) OVX	Ovariectomized (OVX)
(3) OVX + ELP	OVX treated with 0.35 g/kg/day ELP
(4) OVX + A	OVX treated with 0.5 mg/kg/day alendronate
(5) OVX + A (Low)	OVX treated with 0.05 mg/kg/day alendronate
(6) OVX + R	OVX treated with 2.5 mg/kg/day raloxifene
(7) OVX + R (Low)	OVX treated with 0.25 mg/kg/day raloxifene
(8) OVX + ELP + A	OVX treated with 0.35 g/kg/day ELP + 0.5 mg/kg/day alendronate
(9) OVX + ELP + A (Low)	OVX treated with 0.35 g/kg/day ELP + 0.05 mg/kg/day alendronate
(10) OVX + ELP + R	OVX treated with 0.35 g/kg/day ELP + 2.5 mg/kg/day raloxifene
(11) OVX + ELP + R (Low)	OVX treated with 0.35 g/kg/day ELP + 0.25 mg/kg/day raloxifene