Wound healing activities of Rafflesia hasseltii extract in rats

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-308

  Abdulla, Mahmood A ^a   Ahmed, Khaled A ^a,b   Ali, Hapipah M ^a   Noor, Suzita M ^a   Ismail, Salmah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b IBB UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Intrasite gel; Placebo; Rafflesia hasseltii extract; Wounds healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; RAFFLESIA HASSELTII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FLOWER; GEL; GRANULATION TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAFFLESIA HASSELTII; RAT; SCAR; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; RAFFLESIA HASSELTII; RATTUS;

EID: 70549092784     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.09-17     Document Type: Article

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