The Preventive Effect of Biochanin A on Bone Loss in Ovariectomized Rats: Involvement in Regulation of Growth and Activity of Osteoblasts and Osteoclasts

Table 1

Effect of treatments on body weight and uterine weight change.

Treatment group (𝑛=10)	Body weight			Uterine weight
	Before treatment (g)	After treatment (g)	Increase rate (%)	(g)
Sham	290.0±21.6	387.9±19.6	33.6±5.0^b	0.45±2.1^b
OVX	298.0±11.7	486.7±18.4	63.8±7.2^a	0.27±2.6^a
OVX + E2	295.7±16.2	395.7±15.9	34.9±4.8^b	0.41±3.4^b
OVX + BCA	290.0±13.1	380.0±18.9	31.0±3.4^b	0.29±2.1

Values are expressed as mean ± SD. Means within a column with different superscript letters are significantly different (𝑃<0.05, ANOVA and the Fisher test).
^a𝑃<0.05, when compared with the sham groups; ^b𝑃<0.05, when compared with the OVX group.