Wound healing activities of Bark Extract of Jatropha curcas Linn in albino rats

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1473-1476

  Shetty, Somashekar ^a   Udupa, Saraswati L ^b   Udupa, Alaya L ^b   Vollala, Venkata R ^a  

^a Kasturba Medical College International Center   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; JATROPHA CURCAS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRY WEIGHT; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDIA; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN INJURY; TISSUE LEVEL; WISTAR RAT; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; JATROPHA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250899525     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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