Honey for wound healing, ulcers, and burns; data supporting its use in clinical practice

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Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 766-787

  Al Waili, Noori S ^a,b   Salom, Khelod ^a   Al Ghamdi, Ahmad A ^b  

^a Al Waili's Charitable Foundation for Science and Trading   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Healing; Honey; Infection; Nitric oxide; Prostaglandin; Ulcer; Wound

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ACIDITY; BURN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPITHELIZATION; HONEY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN ULCER; STIMULATION; STOMACH ULCER; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE GROWTH; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BURNS; HONEY; HUMANS; ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79955655735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2011.78     Document Type: Review

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