RETRACTED: Effect of a novel compound from Lycopodium obscurum L. on osteogenic activity of osteoblasts in vitro

Chaoyuan Wang, Ruiyun Wu, Guangzhong Yang, Keith A. Blackwood, Thor Friis, Dietmar W. Hutmacher, Maria Ann Woodruff

Engineering Research Centre for the Protection and Utilization of Bioresource in Ethnic Area of Southern China, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China.
School of Pharmacology, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China.
IHBI, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

DOI: 10.4236/ns.2013.51014                

Abstract

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Keywords

Osteogenesis; RT-PCR

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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