The Impact of Thyme and Rosemary on Prevention of Osteoporosis in Rats

Table 3

Plasma biochemical markers level among the different experimental groups.

Parameters	Groups
	Group 1C−	Group 2C+	Group 3T	Group 4R	Group 5O
Ca (mg/dl)	9.62 ± 0.13a	7.57 ± 0.12d	8.92 ± 0.13bc	8.54 ± 0.11c	9.33 ± 0.12ab
P (mg/dl)	4.58 ± 0.12a	4.67 ± 0.11a	4.45 ± 0.12a	4.39 ± 0.12a	4.51 ± 0.13a
Mg (mg/dl)	1.79 ± 0.10a	1.82 ± 0.10a	2.02 ± 0.11a	1.89 ± 0.10a	1.91 ± 0.10a
MDA (μmol/l)	1.33 ± 0.10d	2.42 ± 0.11a	1.92 ± 0.12b	1.85 ± 0.11bc	1.44 ± 0.10cd
TNF-α (pg/ml)	31.60 ± 0.94c	75.24 ± 0.93a	47.57 ± 0.96b	44.53 ± 0.98b	34.43 ± 0.79c
CRP (mg/l)	0.85 ± 0.09c	2.19 ± 0.10a	0.97 ± 0.08c	1.39 ± 0.10b	0.82 ± 0.08c
CTX (pg/ml)	320.94 ± 6.59c	507.92 ± 5.76a	379.71 ± 5.58b	392.12 ± 7.24b	339.01 ± 6.45c
Vitamin D3 (pg/ml)	64.12 ± 1.06a	46.84 ± 1.07d	55.17 ± 0.99bc	52.83 ± 0.98c	59.05 ± 1.03b
PTH (pg/ml)	45.29 ± 0.92d	69.11 ± 1.11a	50.13 ± 0.96c	58.87 ± 1.01b	41.21 ± 0.80e

All values are presented as mean ± SE. Means with different letters in each row are significantly different ().