Topical Brazilian propolis improves corneal wound healing and inflammation in rats following alkali burns

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Martin, Luiz Fernando T ^a   Rocha, Eduardo M ^a   Garcia, Sérgio B ^a   Paula, Jayter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkali burn; Brazilian propolis; Cornea regeneration; Corneal inflammation; Ki 67

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; PROPOLIS; SILVER NITRATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUSTIC BURN; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROEMULSION; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND HEALING;

ALKALIES; ANIMALS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CORNEA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROPOLIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILVER NITRATE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84888216684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-337     Document Type: Article

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