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AIM To investigate the effects of D galactose on bone contents of hydroxyproline(HOP), calcium, microelements and activities of antioxidation in mice. METHODS Twenty female kunming mice at three months of age were used in this study. D galactose at dose of 1 g?kg -1 ?d -1 was given subcutaneous injection daily to the mice for 42 days. The right femurs were collected to determine the bone dry weight, bone hydroxyproline content, bone calcium, and bone microelements. The activities of catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH Px) and superozide dismutases (SOD) in blood, and contents of methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) in serum, lipofuscin in liver were determined. RESULTS The bone dry weight, hydroxyproline, calcium of bone decreased significantly in D galactose treaded group(compared with control group, P
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AIM To study the dose dependent effects on osteoporosis induced by retinoic acid(RA) and to analysis the metabolic characteristics of bone. METHODS Three dosages of retinoic acid were given to the mice for 2 weeks while the body weight(BW) were measured once a week. At the end, femoral dry weight, Bone hydroxyproline, calcium content, Phosphor, Magnesium, Zinc, Manganese and Sulphonium of femora were measured. RESULTS Compared with normal control mice, three dosages of retinoic acid can induce the decrease of femoral dry weight and the short transverse diameter of femoral, Bone hydroxyproline content decreased remarkably, and so did the bone mineral. The Bone HOP and Bone Ca content was coincident with the femoral dry weight, but the lessening of Bone P, Bone Mg, Bone Zn and Bone Mn became inverse ratio with the femoral dry weight, particularly that of the Bone Zn. CONCLUSION Three dosages of retinoic acid in mice can induce osteoporosis with the lessening of bone mass, which characteristics were the losing of Bone HOP and the Bone Ca content in geometric proportion. The levels of Bone P, Bone Mg, and Bone Zn had lost remarkably in the early time, the Bone Zn may play importance function in osteoporosis model induced by retinoic acid.