Topical application of Acalypha indica accelerates rat cutaneous wound healing by up-regulating the expression of Type I and III collagen

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-22

  Ganeshkumar, Moorthy ^a   Ponrasu, Thangavel ^a   Krithika, Rajesh ^a   Iyappan, Kuttalam ^a   Gayathri, Vinaya Subramani ^b   Suguna, Lonchin ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SSN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Acalypha indica; Antioxidative; Collagen; TGF 1; TNF

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA INDICA EXTRACT; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 1 ALPHA; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 3 ALPHA; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIZATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INJURY; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; EUPHORBIACEAE; INDIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

ACALYPHA INDICA; RATTUS;

EID: 84861978608     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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