“In addition, treatment with apigenin resulted in a significant elevation of osteoblast differentiation genes including alkaline phosphatase (ALP), collagen, osteopontin (OPN), osteoprotegerin (OPG), bone sialoprotein (BSP), osterix (OSX) and osteocalcin (OC) and bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) genes (BMP2, BMP4 and BMP7).”