In young ovariectomized rats, rhPTH-(1-84) reduced femoral trabecular bone loss when treatment started 2 weeks after ovariectomy.
In plain wordsIn young rats with ovaries removed, rhPTH-(1-84) reduced thigh bone loss.
- Outcome
- DecreaseFemoral trabecular bone loss
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
ovariectomized rats- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 0.6 nmol/100 g body weight daily · subcutaneous injection · 6 weeksAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Thus daily subcutaneous injections of 0.6 nmol/100 g of body weight of rhPTH-(1-84) or hPTH-(1-31)NH2 into 3-month-old OVX rats for 6 weeks starting 2 weeks after OVX equally reduced the otherwise large OVX-triggered loss of femoral trabecular bone.