Clinical evaluation of Melladerm® plus: A honey-based wound gel

Wounds UK

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-112

  Nestjones, Doug ^a   Vandeputte, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b RENVA Bvba ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Debridement; Diabetes wounds; Honey gel; Venous ulcers; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

HONEY GEL; MELLADERM PLUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BELGIUM; BURN; CHRONIC WOUND; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HONEY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ULCER; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84864838452     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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