Wound-healing activity of an oligomer of alkannin/shikonin, isolated from root bark of Onosma echioides

Natural Product Research

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1584-1588

  Nikita, Gawand ^a   Vivek, Purnima ^a   Chhaya, Gadgoli ^a  

^a Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan's College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

alkannin shikonin oligomer; Boraginaceae; excision wound; incision wound; Onosma echioides

Indexed keywords

ALKANNIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; OLIGOMER; PETROLEUM ETHER; POVIDONE IODINE; SHIKONIN; NAPHTHOQUINONE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ONOSMA ECHIOIDES; PLANT ROOT; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; BORAGINACEAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; RAT;

BORAGINACEAE; ONOSMA ECHIOIDES; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BORAGINACEAE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84938868009     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.986126     Document Type: Article

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