Research Article

Soy Isoflavones Ameliorate Metabolic and Immunological Alterations of Ovariectomy in Female Wistar Rats: Antioxidant and Estrogen Sparing Potential

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Photomicrographs of epiphyseal bone and epiphyseal plate of rat tibia stained with H&E. (a, b, c) Scale bar: 200 μm. (d, e, f) Scale bar: 100 μm. (a, d) OVX/casein group, (b, e) OVX/soy group, and (c, f) sham/casein group. BM: bone marrow; WB: woven bone; CM: zone of cartilage maturation and hypertrophy; CA: zone of cartilage ossification between cartilage and the zone of bone deposition. Arrows represent resorbed bone trabeculae. Head arrows represent well-developed bone trabeculae. Asterisks represent resorbed bone trabeculae.