The Protective Effect of Amphimas pterocarpoides Plant Extract on Bone Mineral Density and Strength in Estrogen Deficient Ovariectomized Wistar Rats

Patsaki Anastasia^1*, Job Tchoumtchoua², Christina Passali³, Lelovas Pavlos⁴, Stavros Kourkoulis⁵, Nikolaos Papaioannou⁶, Jean-Claude Mbanya⁷, Dieudonné Njamen⁸, Sofia Mitakou⁹, Maria Halabalaki¹⁰ and Ismene Dontas¹¹

¹Laboratory for Research of the Musculoskeletal System (LRMS), University of Athens, School of Medicine, KAT General Hospital, Athens, Greece

²National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural, Athens, Greece

³National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Undergraduate, Athens, Greece

⁴Biomedical Research Foundation, Centre of Experimental Surgery Athens, Attiki, Greece

⁵National Technical University of Athens, Department of MechanicsAthens, Attiki, Greece

⁶Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Thessaloníki, Greece, Greece

⁷University of Yaounde I, InterneYaoundé Medicine Department, Cameroon

⁸University of Yaounde I, Département de Biologie et Physiologie Animales, Yaoundé, Cameroon

⁹National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Pharmacy, Athens, Greece

¹⁰University of Innsbruck, Department of Pharmacognosy, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

¹¹National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

^*Corresponding Author: Patsaki Anastasia, Doukissis Plakentias 10 Athens, 11523, Greece, Tel: 210 6841300 Email: