Honey: An immunomodulator in wound healing

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-192

  Majtan, Juraj ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; ARABINOGALACTAN; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CHRYSIN; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; ELLAGIC ACID; ENDOTOXIN; FERULIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; KAEMPFEROL; MAJOR ROYAL JELLY PROTEIN 1; MYRICETIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA;

ACACIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC WOUND; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; FIBROBLAST; HONEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KERATINOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; CELL MOTION; DEBRIDEMENT; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEBRIDEMENT; HONEY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84899421720     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12117     Document Type: Review

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