Melatonin accelerates the process of wound repair in full-thickness incisional wounds

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-396

  Pugazhenthi, Kamali ^a   Kapoor, Mohit ^a,b   Clarkson, Andrew N ^a   Hall, Irene ^a   Appleton, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Arginase; Cyclooxygenase; Hemoxygenase; Nitric oxide synthase; Scar

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEME OXYGENASE 2; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MELATONIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL WOUND; TISSUE REPAIR; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARGINASE; CICATRIX; DERMIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MELATONIN; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 42149173924     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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