Protective effects of biochanin A on articular cartilage: in vitro and in vivo studies
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Protective effects of biochanin A on articular cartilage: in vitro and in vivo studies
BACKGROUND Increased production of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) is closely related to the progression of osteoarthritis (OA). The present study was performed to investigate the potential value of biochanin A in inhibition of MMP expression in both rabbit chondrocytes and an animal model of OA. METHODS MTT assay was performed to assess chondrocyte survival in monolayers. The mRNA and prote...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1472-6882
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-444