Research Article

Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induced by Liu’s Zhenggudan No. 2 Formula

Table 2

Osteocalcin content at different time points after induction in different groups (mean ± s).

GroupsDay 3Day 6Day 9Day 12

Blank control group0.05 ± 0.0040.08 ± 0.0050.15 ± 0.0120.21 ± 0.010
High-concentration LZF2 group0.11 ± 0.0110.20 ± 0.050#0.37 ± 0.194#0.42 ± 0.177#
Low-concentration LZF2 group0.06 ± 0.0080.10 ± 0.0060.14 ± 0.0090.23 ± 0.013
EC group0.08 ± 0.0140.12 ± 0.0070.20 ± 0.0110.25 ± 0.019
COI group0.17 ± 0.016#0.24 ± 0.017#0.48 ± 0.013#0.52 ± 0.019#

Note: # compared with the blank control group.