Antimicrobial, wound healing and antioxidant potential of Couroupita guianensis in rats

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 269-281

  Umachigi, Sanjay Prahalad ^a,c   Jayaveera, K N ^a   Ashock Kumar, C K ^b   Kumar, G S ^c  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College   (India)

^c Rural College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Couroupita guianesis (fagaceae); HPTLC; Wound healing activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COUROUPITA GUIANENSIS EXTRACT; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; KETOCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURAL; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUROUPITA GUIANENSIS; EPITHELIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; SKIN INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38349002830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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