Morinda pubescens J.E. Smith (Morinda tinctoria Roxb.) fruit extract accelerates wound healing in rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 591-593

  Mathivanan, Narayanasamy ^a   Surendiran, Gangadharan ^a   Srinivasan, Krishnamurthy ^a   Malarvizhi, Kannan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Contraction; Fruit extract; Morinda pubescens; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; MORINDA PUBESCENS EXTRACT; MORINDA TINCTORIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; HAIR GROWTH; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINDA PUBESCENS; MORINDA TINCTORIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MORINDA; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMALIA; MORINDA; MORINDA TINCTORIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CHLOROFORM; FRUIT; MALE; MORINDA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846197908     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2006.9.591     Document Type: Article

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