The effect of Vitamin D on testosterone and uncarboxylated osteocalcin levels in aged male rats
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Gulfidan Coskun; Leman Sencar; Abdullah Tuli; Ebru Dundar Yenilmez; Sait Polat
- Source
- Ultrastructural pathology. 46(4)
- Subject
- Male
Structural Biology
Osteocalcin
Animals
Testosterone
Vitamin D
Bone and Bones
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Cholecalciferol
Rats
- Language
- ISSN
- 1521-0758
There is a well-established complex interaction between vitamin D metabolism and bone and gonad functions. In this study, we aimed to investigate the potential effects of vitamin D therapy on testosterone and osteocalcin (OC) levels in aged male rats. Forty-five adult male rats were divided into three groups in this study. Unlike the control group, the two experimental groups received 50 IU/kg/day and 100 IU/kg/day of vitamin D