Daily intake of β-cryptoxanthin prevents bone loss by preferential disturbance of osteoclastic activation in ovariectomized mice

Although β-cryptoxanthin, a xanthophyll carotenoid, has been shown to exert an anabolic effect on bone calcification, little attention has been paid thus far to the precise mechanism of bone remodeling. Daily oral administration of β-cryptoxanthin significantly inhibited osteoclastic activation as w...

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Main Authors: Kakeru Ozaki, Maika Okamoto, Kazuya Fukasawa, Takashi Iezaki, Yuki Onishi, Yukio Yoneda, Minoru Sugiura, Eiichi Hinoi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861315001784