Evaluation of the wound-healing activity of Hibiscus rosa sinensis L (Malvaceae) in Wistar albino rats

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 694-698

  Bhaskar, Anusha ^a   Nithya, V ^b  

^a PRIST UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRIMAD ANDAVAN ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Collagen; granulation tissue; granuloma tissue; Hibiscus rosa sinensis; tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COLLAGEN; DNA; HEXOSAMINE; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS EXTRACT; NITROFURAL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRY WEIGHT; EPITHELIZATION; EXCISION; GRANULATION TISSUE; GRANULOMA; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; FLOWERS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HIBISCUS; OINTMENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84870020653     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.103252     Document Type: Article

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