The use of topical honey in the treatment of corneal abrasions and endotoxin-induced keratitis in an animal model

Current Eye Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 787-796

  Uwaydat, Sami ^a   Jha, Purushottam ^a   Tytarenko, Ruslana ^a   Brown, Harry ^a   Wiggins, Michael ^a   Bora, Puran S ^a   Bora, Nalini S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cornea; Honey; Keratitis; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; NATURAL PRODUCT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA ABRASION; CORNEA INJURY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HONEY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KERATITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; CORNEA; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTOXINS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONEY; KERATITIS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80052005783     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2010.544441     Document Type: Article

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