Wound healing activity of alcoholic extract of Kaempferia galanga in Wistar rats

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 384-390

  Tara V, Shanbhag ^a   Chandrakala, Sharma ^a   Sachidananda, Adiga ^a   Kurady, Bairy Laxminarayana ^a   Smita, Shenoy ^a   Ganesh, Shenoy ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Kaempferia galanga; Period of epithelialization; Wound breaking strength; Wound contraction

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GUM ARABIC; HYDROXYPROLINE; KAEMPFERIA GALANGA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EPITHELIZATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; KEMPFERIA GALANGA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SOLVENTS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 33751160549     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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