Studies on antibacterial, antioxidant and fibroblast growth stimulation of wound healing remedies from South Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 353-357

  Steenkamp, V ^a   Mathivha, E ^a   Gouws, M C ^a   Van Rensburg, C E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Herbal remedies; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CAPPARIS TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; DICOMA ANOMALA EXTRACT; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; GUNNERA PERPENSA EXTRACT; HELICHRYSUM FOETIDUM EXTRACT; LEONOTIS LEONORUS EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS EXTRACT; TERMINALIA SERICEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA URENS EXTRACT; WATER; XYSMALOBIUM UNDULATUM EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAPPARIS TOMENTOSA; CELL GROWTH; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICOMA ANOMALA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBROBLAST; GUNNERA PERPENSA; HELICHRYSUM FOETIDUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEONOTIS LEONORUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TERMINALIA SERICEA; URTICA URENS; WOUND HEALING; XYSMALOBIUM UNDULATUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 7044220243     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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