Effect of polysaccharides from Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) cladodes on the healing of dermal wounds in the rat

Phytomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 352-358

  Trombetta, D ^c   Puglia, C ^b   Perri, D ^a   Licata, A ^a   Pergolizzi, S ^a   Lauriano, E R ^a   De Pasquale, A ^a   Saija, A ^a   Bonina, F P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Opuntia ficus indica; Polysaccharides; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; OPUNTIA EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW KINETICS; FREEZE DRYING; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN INJURY; VISCOELASTICITY; WETTABILITY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LAMININ; MALE; OPUNTIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 33646079415     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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