Aqueous extract of Centella asiatica promotes corneal epithelium wound healing in vitro

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-338

  Ruszymah, Bt Hj Idrus ^a,b   Chowdhury, Shiplu Roy ^a   Manan, Nur Azeanty Bt Abdul ^a   Fong, Ooi Sew ^a   Adenan, Mohd Ilham ^c,d   Saim, Aminuddin Bin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c Environment and Climate Change   (Malaysia)

^d Forest Research Institute Malaysia FRIM   (Malaysia)

^e Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Centella asiatica; CK12; Connexin 43; Corneal epithelial cell; Corneal wound healing

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN 12;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTELLA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INJURIES; PHYTOTHERAPY; RABBITS; TRITERPENES; WOUND HEALING;

CENTELLA ASIATICA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84858008346     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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