Fig. 6

Effects of different treatments on the femoral biomechanical properties including peak load (a), ultimate stiffness (b), ultimate strength (c) and Young’s modulus (d). SD rats subjected to SHAM or OVX combined with GLU injection were treated with PBS control, EBBL, NBL, FD and BBL, respectively. Necks of left femora were subjected to the mechanical three-point bending test via a biomechanical testing system (MTS 858 Mini Bionix II, MTS Systems Corp., Eden Prairie, MN). Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001)