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Purpose: To investigate the effects of combined jumping exercise and honey supplementation on bone metabolism and antioxidant status in female rats. Methods: Forty eight 12-week old Sprague Dawley female rats were divided into four groups: control group (C), honey group (H), jumping group (J), and combined jumping and honey group (JH). Jumping exercise consisted of 40 jumps/day for 5 days/week at a height of 40 cm. Honey was given to the rats at a dosage of 1 g/kg body weight/rat/day via force feeding for 7 days/week. At the end of the study, tibial proximal volumetric total Bone Mineral Density (BMD) and volumetric trabecular BMD, serum total calcium, serum Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) (bone formation marker), serum C-terminal telopeptide of type 1 procollagen (1CTP) (bone resorption marker), serum F 2 -isoprostanes (oxidative stress marker) and serum Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) were measured. Results: There were no significant differences in tibial proximal volumetric total BMD and volumetric trabecular BMD among all the groups. Eight weeks of jumping exercise and honey supplementation resulted in statistically significant higher serum total calcium concentration in JH group as compared to C, H and J groups (p < 0.05). Serum ALP was significantly higher in J group as compared to C group (p < 0.05). On the other hand, serum 1CTP was significantly lower in JH as compared to the other three experimental groups. The concentration of F2-isoprostanes was not statistically different among all the groups. Serum TAS was significantly higher in JH and H groups as compared to C group (p < 0.05) respectively. Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that 8 weeks of jumping exercise and honey supplementation significantly reduced bone resorption and enhanced antioxidant status, but did not seem to elevate oxidative stress marker.

Summary The study investigated the effects of combined jumping exercise and honey supplementation on bone properties in young female rats. Forty eight 12- week old female rats were divided into four groups: control group (C), honey supplementation group (H), jumping group (J), and combined jumping and honey supplementation group (JH). Jumping exercise consisted of 40 jumps per day for 5 days per week at a height of 40 cm. Honey was supplemented to the rats at a dosage of 1g / kg body mass / rat / day via force feeding for 7 days per week. After 8 weeks of experimental period, right hind leg tibial and femoral wet and fat free day weights (bone mass), maximal load (bone strength), mid shaft maximum and minimum diameters were measured. Tibial wet and fat free dry weights (583.33 ± 29.82, P