Effects of vitamin E supplementation on bone metabolism in nicotine treated rats
Bone is a unique connective tissue which constantly undergoes remodelling. Bone remodelling involves bone formation by osteoblasts and bone resorption by osteoclasts. Serum osteocalcin and urine deoxypyridinoline (DPD) are among the specifi c biochemical markers used to measure bone formation and bo...
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Penerbit UTM
2008
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