Triphala Promotes Healing of Infected Full-Thickness Dermal Wound

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-101

  Kumar, Muthusamy Senthil ^a   Kirubanandan, Shanmugam ^b   Sripriya, Ramasamy ^a   Sehgal, Praveen Kumar ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

antimicrobial agents; medicinal plants; Triphala; wound infection

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HEXOSAMINE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIPHALA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URONIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; FRUIT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OINTMENT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RISK REDUCTION; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

3T3 CELLS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICE; OINTMENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 36849015434     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.02.049     Document Type: Article

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