Original Article
Addition of Fructooligosaccharides and Dried Plum to Soy-Based Diets Reverses Bone Loss in the Ovariectomized Rat
Table 4
Effects of ovariectomy (Ovx) and various dietary treatments on serum and urinary parameters.
| Parameters | Sham-casein | Ovx + casein | Ovx + soy | Ovx + soy + plum | Ovx + soy + FOS | Ovx + soy + plum + FOS |
| Serum | | | | | | | 17-β estradiol (pg/mL) | 21.9 ± 5.4a | 7.2 ± 1.9b | 6.4 ± 1.5b | 5.3 ± 1.0b | 3.8 ± 0.4b | 4.9 ± 0.9b | ALP (U/L) | 41.7 ± 4.3b | 51.4 ± 4.3a,b | 49.8 ± 4.1a,b | 55.3 ± 4.1a | 60.9 ± 4.4a | 52.7 ± 4.3a,b | Urine Dpd | 39.9 ± 8.9b | 98.9 ± 25.8a | 57.1 ± 3.7b | 66.9 ± 17.8a,b | 48.0 ± 3.2b | 54.2 ± 3. 1b | (nmol/mmol creatinine) | | | | | | |
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Values are mean ± SE; = 12. Within a row, values that do not share the same superscript letters are significantly () different from each other.
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