Osteoprotective Effect of Cordycepin on Estrogen Deficiency-Induced Osteoporosis In Vitro and In Vivo

Figure 4

Histology of lumbar vertebrae. The bone structure was photographed under a light microscope. It shows that there was a significant trabecular bone loss in the OVX rat (b), whereas the cordycepin-20 treatment rat section (c) seems near normal compared with sham-operated animals (a).

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