Wound healing properties of Carica papaya latex: In vivo evaluation in mice burn model

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 338-341

  Gurung, Shila ^a   Škalko Basnet, Nataša ^a,b  

^a POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Burn wound; Carica papaya; Hydrogels; Latex

Indexed keywords

CARBOPOL 974P; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; HYDROXYPROLINE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIZATION; HYDROGEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BURNS; CARICA; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIUM; HYDROGELS; HYDROXYPROLINE; LATEX; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; WOUND HEALING;

CARICA PAPAYA; MUS;

EID: 57949099992     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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