Fig. 8

Alkaline phosphatase and Alizarin Red staining assays. ALP activity of DPSCs cultured with, rosuvastatin, rosuvastatin- niosomes and blank niosomes at day 21(8A). The effect of rosuvastatin and rosuvastatin- niosomes treatment on osteogenic differentiation of DPSCs by alizan red staining at day 21. Quantitative Alizarin red staining (8B). Accumulation of calcium deposits in rosuvastatin and rosuvastatin- niosomes groups was shown using Alizarin Red staining. DPSCs (C) Control group staining with alizan red (D) rosuvastatin group staining with alizan red (E) rosuvastatin- niosomes group staining with alizan red (F). n = 4 (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001)