Comparison of Chlorella vulgaris dressing and sodium alginate dressing: An experimental study in rats

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 515-521

  Zailan, N ^a   Abdul Rashid, A H ^a   Das, S ^a   Abdul Mokti, N A ^a   Hassan Basri, J ^a   Teoh, S L ^a   Wan Ngah, W Z ^a   Mohd Yusof, Y A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Dressing; Granulation; Healing; Scar scar; Sodium alginate; Tissue; Wound

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CHLORELLA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CICATRIX; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEXURONIC ACIDS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79953787450     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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