Stingless bee honey, the natural wound healer: A review

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 66-75

  Abd Jalil, Mohd Azri ^a   Kasmuri, Abdul Razak ^a   Hadi, Hazrina ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti inflammation; Antioxidant; Moisturizing properties; Stingless bee honey; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; OXYGEN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; HONEY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STINGLESS BEE; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; BEE; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEES; HONEY; HUMANS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85015680545     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: 16605535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000458416     Document Type: Review

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