A comparison of wound healing following treatment with Lavandula x allardii honey or essential oil

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 755-757

  Lusby, Patricia E ^a   Coombes, Alex L ^a   Wilkinson, Jenny M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Honey; Lavender; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAVANDULA X ALLARDII EXTRACT; LAVENDER OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEY; LAVENDER; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RAT; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; HONEY; LAVANDULA; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 33748781169     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1949     Document Type: Article

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