Pycnogenol® accelerates wound healing and reduces scar formation

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 579-581

  Blazso G ^a   Gabor M ^a   Schonlau F ^b   Rohdewald, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pycnogenol ; Scars; Wounds

Indexed keywords

PYCNOGENOL; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; PYCNOGENOLS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; GEL; KERATINIZATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND SCAB; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 3542999226     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1477     Document Type: Article

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