Enhanced wound contraction in fresh wounds dressed with honey in wistar rats (Rattus Novergicus)

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-118

  Osuagwu, Ferdnando C ^a   Oladejo, O W ^b   Imosemi, I O ^a   Aiku, A ^a   Ekpo, O E ^c   Salami, A A ^a   Oyedele, O O ^b   Akang, E U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Healing; Honey; Wound contraction

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HONEY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TRUNK; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; BANDAGES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FIBROBLASTS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HONEY; MALE; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4043153606     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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