Tissue extract from Eisenia foetida as a wound-healing agent

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-184

  Matausic Pisl M ^b   Cupic H ^c   Kasuba V ^b   Mikecin, A M ^a   Grdiša, Mira ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Eisenia foetida; G 90; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

DEXPANTHENOL; EISENIA FOETIDA EXTRACT; G 90; TISSUE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FOETIDA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; RAT; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; TIME; WISTAR RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; OLIGOCHAETA; PANTOTHENIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EXTRACTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77951636576     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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