TY - JOUR A2 - Kim, Cheorl-Ho AU - Hwang, Yun-Ho AU - Kim, Kwang-Jin AU - Kim, Jong-Jin AU - Kang, Kyung-Yun AU - Lee, Sung-Ju AU - Jeong, Gil-Yeon AU - Choi, Kyung-Hee AU - Son, Young-Jin AU - Yee, Sung-Tae PY - 2015 DA - 2015/02/09 TI - Antiosteoporosis Activity of New Oriental Medicine Preparation (Kyungokgo Mixed with Water Extract of Hovenia dulcis) on the Ovariectomized Mice SP - 373145 VL - 2015 AB - Protective effect of new oriental medicine (Kyungokgo mixed with water extract of Hovenia dulcis, KOGHD) was assessed on the bone loss induced mice by ovariectomy. In the in vivo experiments, antiosteoporosis effect of KOGHD was investigated using ovariectomized osteoporosis mice model. After 6 weeks of treatment, the mice were euthanized, and the effect of Kyungokgo (KOG) and KOGHD on body weight, spleen weigh, thymus weight, uterine weight, serum biochemical indicators, bone weight and length, immune cell population, bone morphometric parameters, and histological stains was observed. Our results showed that KOGHD prevented the deterioration of trabecular microarchitecture caused by ovariectomy, which were accompanied by the lower levels of bone turnover markers and immune cell population as evidenced by the inhibition of RANKL-mediated osteoclast differentiation without cytotoxic effect on bone marrow derived macrophages (BMMs). Therefore, these results suggest that the Hovenia dulcis (HD) supplementation in the KOG may also prevent and treat bone loss. SN - 1741-427X UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/373145 DO - 10.1155/2015/373145 JF - Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -