Cecropia peltata L(Cecropiaceae) has wound-healing potential: A preclinical study in a Sprague Dawley rat model

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-26

  Nayak, B Shivananda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cecropia peltata; Excision model; Granulation tissue; Hexosamine; Hydroxyproline; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CECROPIA PELTATA EXTRACT; HEXOSAMINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CECROPIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CECROPIA PLANT; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 32944477757     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734606286472     Document Type: Article

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