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Consumption of legumes improves certain bone markers in ovariectomized rats.
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PMID:  21636018     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Soybeans are known to protect against osteoporosis, but other legumes frequently consumed in Asia have not been studied to learn if they have a similar protective effect. This study investigated the hypothesis that consumption of soybean, mung bean, cowpea, and adzuki bean has beneficial effects on bone biomarkers in ovariectomized rats. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were either sham operated (sham; n = 7) or surgically ovariectomized and then fed a regular AIN-93M diet (OVX; n = 7) or AIN-93M containing soybean (n = 7), mung bean (n = 7), cowpea (n = 7), or adzuki beans (n = 7) for 10 weeks. No bean consumption significantly altered the body, subcutaneous fat, or uterus weight; however, consumption significantly increased the serum calcium/phosphorous ratio and decreased urinary calcium excretion compared with those of the OVX group. Serum concentration of 17β-estradiol was significantly lower in the OVX group compared with that of the sham group and was lowest in the group fed OVX diet containing soybean. Serum osteocalcin concentration was significantly higher in all OVX rats given a diet with beans compared with the same diet without, but urinary deoxypyridinoline excretion was lowest in the group fed OVX diet containing cowpea. There were no significant differences in bone mineral density or bone mineral content of the right femur, tibia, or lumbar spine or in the trabecular bone volume of the tibia among the diet groups. In conclusion, the consumption of soybean, mung bean, cowpea, and adzuki bean in OVX rats improved osteocalcin, but only those fed cowpea showed decreased bone resorption biomarker, suggesting that cowpea may have the most protective effect on bone in OVX rats.
Authors:
Sun Hee Lee; Na Jin; Doo-Jin Paik; Deog-Yoon Kim; Ill-Min Chung; Yongsoon Park
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2011-05-17
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.)     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1879-0739     ISO Abbreviation:  Nutr Res     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-06-03     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8303331     Medline TA:  Nutr Res     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  397-403     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Department of Food and Nutrition, Hanyang University, Haengdang-dong Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-791, Korea.
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