Effect of Carnitine on Cutaneous Wound Healing in Immunosuppressed Rats

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-305

  Akkus, Abdullah ^a   Aydinuraz, Kuzey ^a   Daphan, Cagatay ^a   Saygun, Oral ^a   Caglayan, Osman ^a   Edremitlioglu, Mustafa ^a   Agalar, Fatih ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

carnitine; immunosuppression; wound healing

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; KARNITENE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INJURY; SUPPLEMENTATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CARNITINE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ELASTIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLYCOLYSIS; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67650973675     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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