Histopathological and clinical evaluation of Kombucha tea and Nitrofurazone on cutaneous full-thickness wounds healing in rats: An experimental study

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Barati, Fardin ^a   Javanbakht, Javad ^a   Adib Hashemi, Farajollah ^a   Hosseini, Ehsan ^b   Safaeie, Reyhaneh ^a   Rajabian, Mojtaba ^c   Razmjoo, Mostafa ^d   Sedaghat, Reza ^e   Aghamohammad Hassan, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c University of Shahekord   (Iran)

^d RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical; Histopathological; Kombucha fungus; Nitrofurazone; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

NITROFURAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; INJURY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGY; OINTMENT; PATHOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; SKIN; TEA; TIME; WISTAR RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; MALE; NITROFURAZONE; OINTMENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; TEA; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84880183548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-8-120     Document Type: Article

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