Table 3.
Stereological parameters of tibia in the control, sham-operated, and ovariectomized (OVX) rats with or without treatment with Elaeagnus angustifolia extract (600 mg/kg/day) and estrogen (3mg/kg/week
| Weight (mg) | Volume (mm 3 ) |
Number (×10
6
)
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Tibia | Tibia | Trabeculae | Osteocytes | Osteoblasts | Osteoclasts |
| Control | 372±31 | 233±20 | 158±31 | 26.55±7.93 | 5.15±2.85 | 90.5±7.8 |
| Sham-operated | 364±41 | 210±20 | 156±31 | 23.32±3.57 | 5.33±1.54 | 83.5±12.3 |
| OVX | 219±35† | 139±36 † | 86±16 † | 11.20±4.82 † | 1.27±0.61 † | 399.7±106.2 † |
| OVX+estrogen(3mg/kg/week) | 372±61* | 243±32* | 110±22 | 27.62±11.95* | 5.51±4.47* | 154.6±100.4* |
| OVX+EA(600mg/kg) | 376±57* | 236±17* | 99±9 | 20.29±3.73 | 7.86±2.56* | 255.1±154*# |
†
p< 0.05, OVX vs. control or sham-operated groups.
*
p<0.05, OVX vs. OVX+ estrogen or EA extract groups.
#
p<0.05, OVX+ EA extract vs. control or sham groups