Fig. 1.
LA inhibits bone loss. A) Experimental work plan. Ovx + LA group received 200 μl of 109 cfu/ml Lactobacillus acidophilus orally constituted in drinking water. At the end of 6th week post-ovariectomy mice were sacrificed and cortical bones of sham, ovx and ovx + LA groups were collected for SEM and AFM analysis. B) 2D SEM images. C) 2D MATLAB analysis of SEM images. D) 3D AFM images. E) 3D MATLAB analysis of AFM images. The above images are representative of one experiment and similar results were obtained in three different experiments with n = 10 mice/group/experiment.
(Mouse image courtesy: Hamid Y. Dar).