A Traditional Chinese Medicine Plant Extract Prevents Alcohol-Induced Osteopenia

• Main Authors: Dongyang Qian (Author), Hui Zhou (Author), Pan Fan (Author), Tao Yu (Author), Anish Patel (Author), Morgan O'Brien (Author), Zhe Wang (Author), Shiguang Lu (Author), Guoqiang Tong (Author), Yimin Shan (Author), Lei Wang (Author), Yuan Gao (Author), Yuan Xiong (Author), Lily Zhang (Author), Xin Wang (Author), Yuancai Liu (Author), Shuanhu Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been practiced in the treatment of bone diseases and alcoholism. Chronic excessive alcohol use results in alcohol-induced bone diseases, including osteopenia and osteoporosis, which increases fracture risk, deficient bone repair, and osteonecrosis. This preclin...