Phenytoin enhances collagenization in excision wounds and tensile strength in incision wounds

Pharmazie

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 584-586

  Qunaibi, Eyad A ^a   Disi, A M ^a   Taha, M O ^a  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROLINE; PHENYTOIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; COLLAGENIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXCISION; INCISION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; WISTAR RAT; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; GRANULATION TISSUE; HYDROXYPROLINE; MALE; OINTMENTS; PETROLATUM; PHENYTOIN; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 75749132880     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2009.9585     Document Type: Article

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