A preliminary investigation of chitosan film as dressing for punch biopsy wounds in rats

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-26

  Khan, Tanveer Ahmad ^a   Peh, Khiang K ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; OMIDERM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY SKIN; EPITHELIZATION; FILM COATING; MALE; NONHUMAN; POWDER; PUNCH BIOPSY; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN INJURY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037711379     PISSN: 14821826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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