Copper-taurine (CT): A potential organic compound to facilitate infected wound healing

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1048-1050

  Tian, Xiliang ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a   Wang, Shouyu ^a   Diao, Yunpeng ^a   Zhao, Zexu ^a   Lv, Decheng ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION COMPOUND; COPPER COMPLEX; COPPER DERIVATIVE; COPPER ION; COPPER TAURATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL PROTECTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COPPER; HUMANS; INFECTION; TAURINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70449730599     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.06.051     Document Type: Article

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