Wound healing properties of Hylocereus undatus on diabetic rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 665-668

  Perez G, Rosa Martha ^a,c   Vargas S, R ^b   Ortiz H, Y D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diabetic rats; Hylocereus undatus; Wound healing properties

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HEXOSAMINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIZATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN INCISION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CACTACEAE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FLOWERS; FRUIT; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS;

EID: 26444457274     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1724     Document Type: Article

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