[Effects of Qiang Gu Kang Wei prescription on morphology of bone in rats under simulated weightlessness].

Objective: To investigate effects of Qiang Gu Kang Wei prescription on bone morphology in tail-suspended rats.

Method: Rats were tail-suspended (-30 degrees) for 21 d to simulate weightlessness. The effects of this prescription on thickness of periost and cortex at epiphyseal plate of tibial shaft and 3 mm under it were examined.

[Effects of "Qiang Gu Kang Wei" compound prescription on bone metabolism in rats under simulated weightlessness].

Objective: To investigate the effect of "Qiang Gu Kang Wei" prescription on bone metabolism in simulated weightless rats.

Method: Male SD rats were randomly divided into five groups: 1) free active control (FAC); 2) tail-suspended control (TS); 3) tail-suspended and treated with large dose of the prescription (TS + L) (30 g/kg); 4) tail-suspended and treated with middle dose of the prescription (TS + M) (20 g/kg); 5) tail suspended and treated with small dose of the prescription (TS + S) (10 g/kg). The experiment lasted 3 weeks.

[Effects of "Qiang Gu Kang Wei" compound prescription on biochemical indices of bone and related organs in rats under simulated weightlessness].

Objective: To investigate effects of "Qiang Gu Kang Wei" prescription on biochemical indices of bone and related organs in tail-suspended rats.

Method: Rats were tail-suspended (-30 degrees) for 21 d to simulate weightlessness. The effect of this prescription on biochemical indices such as Ca, P in serum, osteocalcin (BGP) in serum and bone, oxyproline hydroxyproline (Hyp) in bone, alkaliphosphatase (ALP) in serum, small intestine and bone in these rats were examined.

[Effects of Qiang Gu Kang Wei compound on hemorheology in tail-suspended rats].

Objective. To investigate the effects of Qiang Gu Kang Wei compound on hemorheology in tail-suspended rats. Method.