Effects of an ashed (MEND) powder on deep wound healing: A preliminary study in guinea pigs

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 495-498

  Mawera, G ^a   Mutseekwa, D ^a   Nyazema, N ^b   Asala, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEND; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PETHIDINE;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; GUINEA PIG; INJURY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POWDER; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; WOUND HEALING; ZIMBABWE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GUINEA PIGS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MEPERIDINE; PENICILLINS; POWDERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031196488     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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