Table 1.

Assessment of fangchinoline effect on microarchitectural parameters and BMD on the prednisolone-induced osteoporosis rat model.

Sr. No.	Group	Bone surface density (mm−1)	Trabecular bone tissue volume density (%)	Trabecular number (mm−1)	Trabecular thickness (mm)	BMD (g/cm3)
1	Control group	3.92±0.42	37.21±2.97	1.42±0.036	0.279±0.041	0.297±0.013
2	Prednisolone group	2.36±0.28##	22.49±1.42##	0.83±0.028##	0.246±0.017#	0.128±0.007##
3	Fangchinoline 1 mg/kg	2.61±0.33	26.33±1.69	0.94±0.019	0.258±0.023	0.163±0.004*
4	Fangchinoline 3 mg/kg	3.17±0.29**	32.84±2.16**	1.27±0.023**	0.264±0.014*	0.236±0.011**
5	Fangchinoline 10 mg/kg	3.72±0.32**	36.42±2.46**	1.58±0.031**	0.283±0.031*	0.273±0.017**

Mean ±SEM (n=10).

^##p<0.01 vs. control group;

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01 vs. prednisolone group.