Investigations on the in vivo wound healing potential of Hypericum perforatum L.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 468-477

  Süntar, Ipek Peşin ^a   Akkol, Esra Küpeli ^a   Yilmazer, Demet ^b   Baykal, Turhan ^a   Kirmizibekmez, Hasan ^c   Alper, Murat ^b   Yeşilada, Erdem ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Excision wound; Flavonoids; Hypericaceae; Hypericum perforatum; Hypericum scabrum; Incision wound; Naphthoquinones; Tensiometer; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASIATICOSIDE; CHLOROFORM; EPICATECHIN; HEXANE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; HYPERICUM SCABRUM EXTRACT; HYPERIN; INDOMETACIN; ISOQUERCITRIN; OLIVE OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTOSIDE; SEPHADEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EPITHELIZATION; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM SCABRUM; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; HYPERICUM; MALE; MICE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

CLUSIACEAE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPERICUM SCABRUM;

EID: 73749086530     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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