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 ± 5.4^a	7.2 ± 1.9^b	6.4 ± 1.5^b	5.3 ± 1.0^b	3.8 ± 0.4^b	4.9 ± 0.9^b
ALP (U/L)	41.7 ± 4.3^b	51.4 ± 4.3^a,b	49.8 ± 4.1^a,b	55.3 ± 4.1^a	60.9 ± 4.4^a	52.7 ± 4.3^a,b
Urine Dpd	39.9 ± 8.9^b	98.9 ± 25.8^a	57.1 ± 3.7^b	66.9 ± 17.8^a,b	48.0 ± 3.2^b	54.2 ± 3. 1^b
(nmol/mmol creatinine)

Values are mean ± SE; 𝑛 = 12. Within a row, values that do not share the same superscript letters are significantly (𝑃<.05) different from each other.