The efficacy of Aloe vera, tea tree oil and saliva as first aid treatment for partial thickness burn injuries

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1176-1182

  Cuttle, Leila ^a   Kempf, Margit ^a   Kravchuk, Olena ^a   George, Narelle ^b   Liu, Pei Yun ^a   Chang, Hong En ^a   Mill, Julie ^a   Wang, Xue Qing ^a   Kimble, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Herston Hospitals Complex   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Alternative; Burnaid; First aid; Saliva; Tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; JELONET; TEA TREE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SALIVA; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN FLORA; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWINE; WOUND DRESSING;

ALOE; ANIMALS; BANDAGES; BURNS; CICATRIX; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FIRST AID; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SALIVA; SKIN; SWINE; TEA TREE OIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 54249141673     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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