Wound healing properties and kill kinetics of Clerodendron splendens G. Don, a Ghanaian wound healing plant

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 63-68

  Gbedema, Stephen Y ^a   Emelia, Kisseih ^a   Francis, Adu ^a   Kofi, Annan ^a   Eric, Woode ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Biostatic; Clerodendron splendens; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CLOTRIMAZOLE; COLLAGEN; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURAL; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLERODENDRON SPLENDENS; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION; GHANA; IC 50; INCISION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROCOCCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77953365063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.62948     Document Type: Article

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