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Lab research shows that flavonoids may increase the activity of bone-forming cells (osteoblasts) and decrease the activity of bone-degrading cells (osteoclasts).12
7.—Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 28 Oct. 2024 In healthy patients with a bone fracture, after about two weeks, bodies begin to fill in the break with new bone cells—called osteoblasts.—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2023 Bone metabolism is characterized by the reabsorption of bone by osteoclast cells and the laying down of new bone by osteoblast cells.—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2022 The material then serves as 3D scaffolds for osteoblasts, or bone cells.—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 18 July 2019 The second, osteoblasts, create the matrices that bones form around, Byrne reports.—Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2017
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