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SUBMITTER: Park E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6271141 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Eunkuk E Jin Hyun-Seok HS Cho Doo-Yeoun DY Kim Jeonghyun J Kim Mun-Chang MC Choi Chun Whan CW Jin Yilan Y Lee Ji-Won JW Park Jin-Hyok JH Chung Yoon-Sok YS Huh Dam D Jeong Seon-Yong SY
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20141126 12
Osteoporosis is a common skeletal disease caused by decreased bone mass; it enhances the risk of bone fracture. This study aimed to discover novel herbal extract(s) for the treatment of osteoporosis. We screened 64 ethanol extracts of edible plants native to Korea for their ability to increase the cellular proliferation and differentiation of two osteoblastic cell lines: C3H10T1/2 and MC3T3-E1. We selected a Lycii Radicis Cortex (LRC), Lycium Chinese root bark as the primary candidate. Treatment ...[more]