Topical application of Acheflan on rat skin injury accelerates wound healing: A histopathological, immunohistochemical and biochemical study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Perini, Jamila Alessandra ^a,b   Angeli Gamba, Thais ^a   Alessandra Perini, Jessica ^a,b   Ferreira, Luiz Claudio ^b   Nasciutti, Luiz Eurico ^c   Machado, Daniel Escorsim ^a,c  

^a Centro Universitário Estadual da Zona Oeste   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acheflan ; Collagen; Cordia verbenacea; Skin; VEGF; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ACHEFLAN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; GELATINASE B; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYPROLINE; PLASMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OINTMENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SKIN INJURY; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; INJURIES; SKIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84934295366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0745-x     Document Type: Article

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