Effect of topical application of virgin coconut oil on skin components and antioxidant status during dermal wound healing in young rats

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 290-297

  Nevin, K G ^a   Rajamohan, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Collagen; Dermal wound; Virgin coconut oil

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOSIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRGIN COCONUT OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DERMIS; ENDOSPERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCISION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COLLAGEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELASTIN; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GRANULATION TISSUE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77953007905     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313516     Document Type: Article

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