Influence of Aloe vera on collagen characteristics in healing dermal wounds in rats

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Chithra, Pandarinathan ^a   Sajithlal, G B ^a   Chandrakasan, Gowri ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Collagen; Crosslinking; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRANULATION TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND HEALING;

ALDEHYDES; ALOE; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; GRANULATION TISSUE; MALE; PEPSIN A; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SOLUBILITY; WOUND HEALING;

ALOE VERA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031883730     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006813510959     Document Type: Article

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