Comparative Effects of Er-Xian Decoction, Epimedium Herbs, and Icariin with Estrogen on Bone and Reproductive Tissue in Ovariectomized Rats

Table 2

Osteoporosis-related biochemical indices in different treatment groups.

Groups	Sham	OVX	NYL	ICA	EBH	EXD
S-Ca (mmol/L)	2.80 ± 0.25	2.68 ± 0.21	2.70 ± 0.07	2.56 ± 0.22	2.59 ± 0.18	2.54 ± 0.12
S-P (mmol/L)	2.88 ± 0.55	2.99 ± 0.64	2.61 ± 0.43	3.12 ± 0.74	2.85 ± 0.78	2.61 ± 0.63
U-Ca/Cr	0.40 ± 0.06**	1.29 ± 0.21	0.65 ± 0.11**	0.43 ± 0.05**	0.39 ± 0.06**	0.66 ± 0.08**
U-P /Cr	4.19 ± 0.92*	5.65 ± 1.02	6.03 ± 1.08	3.73 ± 0.90*	3.09 ± 0.87*	2.81 ± 0.90**
Estradiol (pg/mL)	35.71 ± 2.64**	16.73 ± 1.78	28.38 ± 2.23**	20.24 ± 2.12	21.73 ± 2.82*	23.37 ± 1.92*
TRAP (IU/L)	7.22 ± 0.91**	15.01 ± 2.62	3.33 ± 0.54**	4.11 ± 0.63**	3.43 ± 0.84**	3.08 ± 0.73**
ALP (IU/L)	80.59 ± 11.12*	109.02 ± 17.24	85.33 ± 14.61*	104.04 ± 18.71	112.32 ± 19.42	91.82 ± 12.24*

The data represent the mean ± standard deviation (𝑛=8), *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 compared with OVX group.