Topical application of honey for treatment of skin wound in mice

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 185-188

  Ghaderi, Reza ^a   Afshar, M ^a  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Honey; Mice; Resilience; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EDEMA; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLAST; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HONEY; INFLAMMATION; KERATINIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKIN INJURY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 20544470377     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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