Medicinal plants for the treatment of postmenopausl osteoporosis

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disorder which causes bone loss in course of time leading to increasing the fracture risk. The disease is often silent and known only when fractures occur. Both men and women are equally affected. But women are more susceptible to osteoporosis. The main cause of fragility fractures in women is due to the estrogen deficiency. For the treatment of Osteoporosis the potential biological use of traditional medicines have been exposed to logical assessment since synthetic medications are considered to have a wide range of side effects and they lack efficacy. Hence broad research is to be done to examine the therapeutic plants to be utilized as an option for the treatment of Osteoporosis. The present survey work demonstrates the data on medicinal plants with their common name, phytochemical constituents, reported pharmacological activities and their Osteoporotic action.