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.
Tamaki
Hajime
H
Laboratories of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.
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Sun Li
SL
Ohta
Yutaka
Y
Katsuyama
Naofumi
N
Chinen
Isao
I
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