Effects of topical application of the honey of Melipona subnitida in infected wounds of rats;Efeitos da aplicação tópica do mel de Melipona subnitida em feridas infectadas de ratos

Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-193

  Alves, Diego Felipe Sampaio ^a   Cabral Jr , Francisco das Chagas ^a   Cabral, Pedro Paulo de Arruda Câmara ^a   de Oliveira, Ruy Medeiros ^a   do Rego, Amália Cínthia Meneses ^a   Medeiros, Aldo Cunha ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UFRN ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents therapeutic use; Bee; Cytokines; Honey; Hymenoptera classification; Infection; Rat; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349105494     PISSN: 01006991     EISSN: 18094546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-69912008000300010     Document Type: Article

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