Inhibition of osteoporosis in rats fed with sugar cane wax.
Rats fed on a restricted, semi-purified diet containing a 50%-reduced level of carbohydrate and oil, but normal levels of protein, minerals and vitamins, exhibited osteoporosis. However, rats fed on this restricted diet, but containing sugar cane wax, did not exhibit this bone disease. Sugar cane wax, containing a long-chain carbohydrate with an OH radical, prevented the development of osteoporosis via a non-estrogenic mechanism.
Laboratories of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.
Hajime
H
Tamaki
Sun Li
SL
Man
Yutaka
Y
Ohta
Naofumi
N
Katsuyama
Isao
I
Chinen
D000818:Animals; D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010945:Plants, Edible / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014885:Waxes / Q000494:pharmacology*
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D014885:Waxes; D004958:Estradiol