The anti-inflammatory agent Propolis improves wound healing in a rodent model of experimental diabetes

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 706-713

  McLennan, Susan V ^a,b   Bonner, James ^b   Milne, Sgtephen ^a   Lo, Lisa ^b   Charlton, Ana ^a   Kurup, Savita ^b   Jia, Junhong ^c   Yue, Dennis K ^a,b   Twigg, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELOPEROXIDASE; PROPOLIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIZATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; PROPOLIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 51349114196     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2008.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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