Formulation and evaluation of herbal gel of Pothos scandens Linn

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 988-992

  Mohammed Haneefa, K P ^a   Shahima Hanan, K ^a   Saraswathi, R ^a   Mohanta, Guru Prasad ^b   Nayar, Chandini ^c  

^a AL SHIFA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Burn wound healing; Carbopol 934; Carbopol 940; Herbal gel; Pothos scandens

Indexed keywords

CARBOPOL 934; CARBOPOL 940; PLANT EXTRACT; POTHOS SCANDENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACEAE; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STABILITY; FEMALE; GEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SKIN IRRITATION; VISCOSITY; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78651427267     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60015-1     Document Type: Article

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