Pharmacological investigation on the wound healing effects of Radix Rehmanniae in an animal model of diabetic foot ulcer

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-162

  Lau, T W ^a   Lam, F F Y ^a   Lau, K M ^a   Chan, Y W ^a   Lee, K M ^a   Sahota, D S ^a   Ho, Y Y ^a   Fung, K P ^a   Leung, P C ^a   Lau, C B S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Diabetic foot ulcer; Radix Rehmanniae; Rehmannia glutinosa; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; METFORMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIX REHMANNIAE EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC FOOT; EPITHELIZATION; EXTRAVASATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; KNEE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCAR; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULCER HEALING; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REHMANNIA; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA;

EID: 64449087824     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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