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. 2020 Apr 8;57(9):3409–3414. doi: 10.1007/s13197-020-04374-w

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Effects of ingested isoflavone extract on proteoglycan loss in knee joints. Experimental conditions were as described in Fig. 2. Sham operation (a) ovariectomy (OVX; b); OVXI (c). Intensity of toluidine blue staining for proteoglycans is obviously reduced in b and partially reduced in c (arrowhead). Bar = 400 µm. OVXI, ovariectomized and fed with isoflavone extract