Evaluation of the wound-healing activity of ethanolic extract of Morinda citrifolia L. leaf

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-356

  Nayak, B Shivananda ^a   Sandiford, Steve ^a   Maxwell, Anderson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Excision and dead space wound; Hydroxyproline; Morinda citrifolia; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYPROLINE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; MALE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 68849098379     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem127     Document Type: Article

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