Wound-healing property of Momordica charantia L. fruit powder

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 105-115

  Prasad, Vure ^a   Jain, Vikas ^a   Girish, Dugapati ^b   Dorle, Avinash Kumar ^c  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^c RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dead space wound; Excision wound; Incision wound; Momordica charantia; Ointment; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; EPITHELIZATION; FRUIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OINTMENT; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FRUIT; INDIA; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; OINTMENT BASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33947179610     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: 15229106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J157v06n03_05     Document Type: Article

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