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In this study, 128 individuals form 14 Epimedium pubescens populations and 1 E. stellulatum population were analyzed by ISSR marker. The data were calculated by POPGENE software and clustered by UPGMA method. Optical microscope was used to observe the main types of the non-glandular hairs and their characteristics in each population. It is found that the following conclusions: Non-glandular hairs can be divided into five morphological categories, long straight pubescent, curly pubescent, appressed curly pubescent, pseudo short appressed hairs and long appressed. Eight primers were screening and a total of 94 bands were detected in ISSR, among which 90 were polymorphic bands. Based on the results of ISSR cluster analysis, 15 populations were divided into 3 clades. E. stellulatum populations should be incorporated into the E. pubescens or as avariety under E. pubescens not be independent and as it has no separate phylogenetic branch for a cluster. The genetic relationship among the populations of E. pubescens was closely related with its geographical distribution and non-glandular hair features. But there were also some inconsistency, which provided a good hint for the further study on the interspecific relationship and natural speciation manner of Epimedium species. Population diversity analysis showed Nm=0.354 4, Nei's=0.585 2. It was showed that E. pubescens has high genetic diversity among populations, for which the main reason was probably the high inbreeding rate and the small range of seed dispersal.
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AIM: To study the effects of epimedium pubescens flavonoids (EF) on the skeleton in ovariectomized rats. METHODS: Forty 4.5-month-old Sprague-Dawley female rats were randomly divided into 4 groups. Rats in sham group were sham-operated and treated by daily oral gavage with vehicle. Rats in other three groups were bilaterally ovariectomized (OVX) and treated by either daily oral gavage with vehicle, or diethylstilbestrol (DES) at 22.5 ?g?kg~ -1?d~ -1, or EF at 300 mg?kg~ -1?d~ -1 for 90 days. Bone histomorphometric analysis of the proximal tibial metaphysis (PTM), fifth lumbar vertebrae (LV5) and tibial shaft (Tx) was performed in undecalcified sections. The left femur was collected to determine bone weight, contents of calcium (Ca) , phosphorus (P ) and hydroxyproline. The uterine weight and the uterine luminal epithelial thickness (ULET) were determined. RESULTS: A significant increase in contents of Ca and P of femur was found in EF group. A tendency of increase was found in %Tb.Ar of PTM, but no significant change was found in bone histomorphometric parameters of LV5 and Tx in EF group. EF had no effect on uterine weight and ULET. CONCLUSION: EF can prevent OVX-induced bone mineral loss of femur, but does not prevent bone loss of PTM and LV5.
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AIM To determine whether epimedium pubescens flavonoids(EF) in combination with diethylstilbestrol(DES) can completely prevent bone loss in ovariectomized rats. METHODS Sixty Sprague-Dawley female rats at age of 4 months were divided into six groups. Ten rats were sacrificed at age of 4.5 months before operation. The other rats were sham-operated and treated orally with vehicle or ovariectomized (OVX) and treated orally with either vehicle, or diethylstilbestrol(DES) at 22.5 ?g?kg -1 ?d -1 , or EF at 300 mg?kg -1 ?d -1 , or EF 300 mg?kg -1 ?d -1 in combination with DES 22.5 ?g?kg -1 ?d -1 for 90 days. Double in vivo fluorochrome labeling was administrated. The undecalcified longitudinal proximal tibial metaphyseal sections were used for [FQ(9*2。46,X-WZ]-the bone histomorphometric analysis. RESULTS DES prevented OVX-induced bone loss and decreased body weight gain and total serum cholesterol,but it increased uterine luminal epithelial thickness.Combination of EF with DES completely prevented OVX-induced bone loss and did not increase uterine luminal epithelial thickness.The effect of the combination in preventing bone loss was more significant than that of DES. CONCLUSION EF in combination with DES showed synergistic effect on prevention of osteoporosis induced by ovariectomy.-