Skip to main content
Fig. 1 | BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

Fig. 1

From: Aqueous extract of Arctium lappa L. root (burdock) enhances chondrogenesis in human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Fig. 1

The effects of aqueous extract of Arctium lappa L. (Burdock, BD) on mesenchymal stem cell growth. Human bone marrow-derived mesemchymal stem cells (hMSCs) were seeded in a 96-well plate at a density of 2000 cells/well in the presence of control medium for 16 h. Cells were treated with control, BD 100 (100 μg/ml), chon basal, chon basal + BD 100, chondrogenic induction medium (CIM), and CIM + BD 100 for 1, 3, and 7 days. a The morphological changes of cells by phase contrast microscopy. b Cell viability was measured using MTT assay. The results are presented as mean ± standard error of mean (SEM) of three independent experiments. *, P < 0.05 vs. day 1 relevant treatment; #, P < 0.05 vs. day 3 relevant treatment. Scale bar: 100 μm

Back to article page