Potentials of leaves of Aspilia africana (Compositae) in wound care: An experimental evaluation

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Okoli, Charles O ^a   Akah, Peter A ^a   Okoli, Arinze S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ASPILIA AFRICANA EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE; FLAVONOID; HEXANE; METHANOL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; RESIN; SAPONIN; STEROL; TANNIN; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPILIA AFRICANA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GUINEA PIG; LD 50; LETHALITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEMORRHAGE; WOUND INFECTION; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ASTERACEAE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BLOOD COAGULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEMORRHAGE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BLOOD COAGULATION TIME; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547732460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-24     Document Type: Article

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