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Scholars Academic Journal of Pharmacy | Volume-15 | Issue-04
Chinese Food Supplement Products Containing Medicinal Plants with Different Mechanisms of Antiosteoporotic Activity
Dobrina Tsvetkova, Konsantin Kanev, Dimitar Kanev
Published: April 16, 2026 |
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Pages: 72-85
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Abstract
The aim of current study is collection and comparison of content and different dosage forms of the most common manufactured Chinnese food supplement products containing antiosteoporotic medicinal plant extracts. The investigation has been made through the electronical database of medical sourses Google Scholar, PubMed, SciFinder Scholar, Science Direct, Web of Science. The following approaches in the evaluation of trade multisupplements were: 1) collection of data for manufactured supplement products, containing antiosteoporotic plant extracts; 2) estimation of the most used drug forms; 3) summariring the multipreparations; 4) describing the most common plants in combined supplements; 5) mechanisim of action of plants. The results from the evaluation show that the most spread products containing extracts from medicinal plants with antiosteoporotic effect originated from: Astragalus mongholicus Bung caps., Cimicifuga racemosa L. (Bionorica Menopret tabl.), Cinnamomum cassia (Cinnamon caps.); Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc. (Cordyceps extract caps.), Drynaria fortunei Kunze ex Mett., Eclipta prostrata L. (powder), Epimedium brevicornum Maxim. (Yin-Yang Huo 500 mg caps.), Erythina variegate L. Liquid Extract, Morinda officinalis F.C. (tincture), Psoralea corylifolia L. (powder), Pueraria lobate (Willd.) Ohwi caps., Sophora japonica L. (tincture). An observational study shows different trade form preparations: tablets, capsules, powders, solutions of monocomponent and multicomponent products containing extracts from medicinal plants for osteoporosis. The most applied drug forms can be presented as follows: Angelica sinensis (tabl., caps.), Cimicifuga racemosa tabl., Drynaria fortunei Kunze ex Mett. (caps., tincture, powder), Eclipta prostrata (tincture), Salvia caps., Morinda officinalis (powder, tincture), Pueraria lobate caps. An important multicomponent formulation is USANA Phyto Estrin, Hormone Balance Menopause Relief caps., Gu Ling Pian, Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang, Jia


