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Dietary Plant Maslinic Acid in Ovariectomy Model of Menopause

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Nutrition and Diet in Menopause

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Key Points

  • The relationship between menopause and skeletal health

  • The animal model of menopause and its use in research

  • The background of maslinic acid (including sources of maslinic acid), and pharmacological research into maslinic acid

  • The effects of maslinic acid on the ovariectomy mouse model

  • Maslinic acid’s potential toxicity in animal model

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Abbreviations

BMD:

Bone mineral density

BMM:

Bone marrow macrophage

RANKL:

Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand

RANK:

Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B

OPG:

Osteoprotegerin

IL:

Interleukin

GM-CSF:

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

M-CSF:

Macrophage colony-stimulating factor

PGE2 :

Prostaglandin-E2

TNFa:

Tumor necrosis factor a

TGFb:

Transforming growth factor b

VCD:

4-Vinylcyclohexene diepoxide

GnRH:

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone

LH:

Luteinizing hormone

FSH:

Follicle-stimulating hormone

HIV:

Human immunodeficiency virus

AIDS:

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

WHO:

World Health Organization

GLT-1:

Glial glutamate transporter

NF-kB:

Nuclear factor-kappa B

MAPK:

Mitogen-activated protein kinase

GP:

Glycogen phosphorylase

SHR:

Spontaneously hypertensive rats

MMP:

Matrix metallopeptidase

CTR:

Calcitonin receptor

OVX:

Ovariectomy

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Luo, J., Liu, M. (2013). Dietary Plant Maslinic Acid in Ovariectomy Model of Menopause. In: Hollins Martin, C., Watson, R., Preedy, V. (eds) Nutrition and Diet in Menopause. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-373-2_33

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