Research Article

UP3005, a Botanical Composition Containing Two Standardized Extracts of Uncaria gambir and Morus alba, Improves Pain Sensitivity and Cartilage Degradations in Monosodium Iodoacetate-Induced Rat OA Disease Model

Table 4

Change of BMD and architecture in MIA-induced rats treated with UP3005 orally.

Normal VehicleDiclofenac (10 mg/kg)UP3005 (500 mg/kg)

BMD (mg/cm3)1023.5 ± 8.3881.9 ± 64.0982.3 ± 19.996.1 ± 11.
BV/TV (%)74.76 ± 2.6068.24 ± 5.0371.89 ± 5.4370.84 ± 5.92
BS/BV (1/mm)7.22 ± 0.658.76 ± 1.137.82 ± 0.988.03 ± 0.74
Tb. Th (mm)0.28 ± 0.020.23 ± 0.030.26 ± 0.030.25 ± 0.02
Tb. Sp (mm)0.094 ± 0.0060.107 ± 0.0120.100 ± 0.0150.103 ± 0.02

Data represented as mean ± SD. (versus vehicle). BV/TV: total trabecular bone volume/total tissue (bone + marrow) volume; BS/BV: trabecular bone surface/trabecular bone volume; Tb. Th: trabecular thickness; Tb. Sp: trabecular spacing. = 10 rats/group.