A homeopathic remedy from arnica, marigold, St. John's wort and comfrey accelerates in vitro wound scratch closure of NIH 3T3 fibroblasts

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hostanska, Katarina ^a   Rostock, Matthias ^a,b   Melzer, Joerg ^a   Baumgartner, Stephan ^c,d,e   Saller, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^e Society for Cancer Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3T3 fibroblasts; Arnica; Calendula; Homeopathic remedy; Hypericum; Symphytum; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; CALENDULA EXTRACT; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; COMFREY EXTRACT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTICLE; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; COMFREY; FIBROBLAST; HOMEOPATHY; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ARNICA; CALENDULA; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMFREY; FIBROBLASTS; HYPERICUM; MATERIA MEDICA; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84873452063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-100     Document Type: Article

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