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Effect of a Novel Botanical Agent Drynol Cibotin on Human Osteoblast Cells and Implications for Osteoporosis: Promotion of Cell Growth, Calcium Uptake and Collagen Production

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Author

  • Barbara Wegiel
  • Jenny L Persson

Summary, in English

Osteoporosis is a widespread problem afflicting millions of people. Drynol Cibotinis is a newly developed proprietary botanical combination of eight botanicals including Angelica sinensis, Glycine max, Wild yam, Ligustrum lucidum, Astragalus membranaceus, Cuscuta chinensis, Psoraleae corylifoliae, and Drynaria fortune. Each of the botanicals has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat osteoporosis. The effect of Drynol Cibotinis, with the specific combination of these anti-osteoporosis botanicals for promoting bone growth, was examined in this study. The effects of Drynol Cibotin on cell growth, apoptosis, cell spreading, calcium uptake and production of bone matrix proteins Collagen I and Laminin B2 on human osteoblast cells were assessed by BrdU incorporation, TUNEL assay, cell staining, intracellular Ca2+ measurement and Western blot analysis. The results showed that Drynol Cibotin significantly increased cell proliferation and inhibited apoptosis in osteoblasts (P < 0.01). In addition, Drynol Cibotin was found to promote cell spreading and greatly increase calcium uptake both instantaneously and in the long term (P < 0.01). Furthermore, Drynol Cibotin significantly increased production of two key extracellular matrix proteins in bone cells: Collagen I and Laminin B2. These results indicate that Drynol Cibotin alone or in combination with amino acids and vitamins may have prophylactic potentials in osteoporosis. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Department/s

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

139-147

Publication/Series

Phytotherapy Research

Volume

24

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Topic

  • Pharmacology and Toxicology

Keywords

  • Drynol Cibotin
  • collagen
  • calcium
  • bone
  • osteoporosis

Status

Published

Research group

  • Pathology, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1099-1573