The proliferative effects of thirty Oriental medicinal herbs on MCF-7 (estrogen-sensitive breast cancer cell line) and ROS 17/2.8 osteoblast-like cells were determined using the MTT assay. Methanol extracts from several herbs was found to show proliferative activity on the above two cell lines in
Epidemiological evidence has shown an association between tea consumption and the prevention of bone loss in the elderly. Previous studies indicated that green tea exerted osteoprotective effect in vivo. This study aims to investigate the constituents in Huangshan Maofeng tea and systemically