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

Table 4

Femur mass, length, and bone mineral density of rats in different experimental animals.

Parameters	Groups
	Group 1C−	Group 2C+	Group 3T	Group 4R	Group 5O
Femur mass (g/kg body weight)	3.02 ± 0.07a	2.46 ± 0.11b	2.93 ± 0.12ab	3.01 ± 0.17a	3.16 ± 0.07a
Femur length (mm)	33.7 ± 0.35a	32.2 ± 0.45a	32.8 ± 0.59a	31.8 ± 0.50a	33.5 ± 0.52a
BMD (g/cm2)	0.1493 ± 0.0041ab	0.0981 ± 0.0037c	0.1357 ± 0.0051ab	0.1305 ± 0.0064b	0.1525 ± 0.0051a

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