The in vivo and in vitro diabetic wound healing effects of a 2-herb formula and its mechanisms of action

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 831-838

  Tam, Jacqueline Chor Wing ^a   Lau, Kit Man ^a   Liu, Cheuk Lun ^a   To, Ming Ho ^a   Kwok, Hin Fai ^a   Lai, Kwok Kin ^a   Lau, Ching Po ^a   Ko, Chun Hay ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a   Fung, Kwok Pui ^a   Lau, Clara Bik San ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine; Diabetic foot ulcer; Radix Astragali; Radix Rehmanniae; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; NF3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG MECHANISM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMB SALVAGE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIX ASTRAGALI; RAT; REHMANNIA ROOT; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULCER HEALING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELL LINE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

RATTUS;

EID: 79954415660     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.01.032     Document Type: Article

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