Abstract:Objective: To study the protective effect of purariae isoflavone on apoptosis cells of atrophic nasal mucosas in ovariectomized rats. Method: 60 rats were divided into four groups as control, ovariectomized, ovariectomized + nylestriol (O+ N) and ovariectomized + purariae isoflavone (O + P), each with 15 rats. Earlier apotosis cells of mucosas taken from nasal septum were measured with flow cytometry. Result: Compared with control group, and the number of apoptosis cells of mucosas increased after being ovariectomized, and the number of apoptosis cells of mucosas in O + N and O + D group didn‘ t change. Conclusion: Nylestriol and purariae isoflavone might have effects on protecting cells of mucosas from lacking of estrogen by decreasing apoptosis cells in ovariectomized rats.