Objective: To investigate the efficacy of icariin for healing skull defects in rabbit models.
Methods: Thirty-six 3-month-old female New Zealand white rabbits, weighing 1.8-2.
Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi
January 2010
Objective: To investigate the effects of traditional Chinese medicine on the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) to osteoblasts.
Methods: Six male Beagle dogs weighed 10-15 kg each were divided into three groups, group A: medicine serum group, group B: non-medicine serum group and group C: bovine serum group. The serum of group A was obtained from the femoral artery of 2 Beagle dogs drinking equivalent dose of traditional Chinese medicine according to body surface area for 7 continuous days.