| | Reference | Plant extract, dose, way and time of treatment, and animals | Inducing factor and negative effects | Protective effects of plant material | Effects of plant per se |
| | Leung et al. [115] | Camellia sinensis O. Ktze (black tea) extract (QP-lack tea extract, Quality Phytochemicals LLC)
15 mg/kg/day, i.g., for 4 weeks, 3 months after ovariectomy
Female Sprague-Dawley rats, 3 months, 200–230 g | Ovariectomy
Body weight: ↑
Serum: 17β-estradiol, cGMP ↓, non-HDL-c, HDL-c, TC, TG ↑
Aorta: peNOS ↓, NOX2, NOX4 ↑
Endothelium of aorta: ROS ↑ | Body weight: (0)
Serum: TG ↓, 17β-estradiol, non-HDL-c (0), HDL-c, TC (++), cGMP (+++)
Aorta: peNOS, NOX2, NOX4 (+++)
Endothelium of aorta: ROS (+++) | Not studied |
| | Galanis et al. [114] | Glycyrrhiza glabra root methanol extract, in the form of drinking water at such a volume so as to obtain the upper threshold of glycyrrhizin (the main active component) of 12.4 mg/kg/rat per day, a day after surgery, for 3 or 6 months
Female intact mature Wistar rats, 10 months | Ovariectomy
Total tibia bone mineral density: after 3 and 6 months ↓
Proximal tibia bone mineral density: after both 3 and 6 months ↓
Uterine weight: after 6 months ↓ | Total tibia bone mineral density: (+++ after 3 months, ++ after 6 months)
Proximal tibia bone mineral density: after 3 months (+++), after 6 months (++)
Uterine weight: (++) | Not studied |
| | Hamm et al. [116] | Humulus lupulus L., hops flavonoid-rich extract (MetaGenics, Aliso Viejo, CA, USA)
400 mg/kg in food, daily, for 11 weeks
Female C57BL/6 mice, 7 months | Ovariectomy
Uterus weight ↓
Visceral adipose tissue weight ↑
Liver: TG ↑
Ileum: ALP ↑ | Uterus weight (0)
Visceral adipose tissue weight (+)
Liver triglycerides (+++)
Ileum: ALP (0) | Uterus weight ↓
Ileum: ALP ↑ |
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