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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2011

Practices in wound healing studies of plants.

Rupesh Thakur, Nitika Jain, Raghvendra Pathak, Sardul Singh Sandhu

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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98 citing papers in PubMed, 329 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rupesh ThakurBiochemical Research Laboratory, Centre for Scientific Research and Development, People's Group, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462037, India.
Nitika Jain
Raghvendra Pathak
Sardul Singh Sandhu
People’s University · INMaharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wounds are the result of injuries to the skin that disrupt the other soft tissue. Healing of a wound is a complex and protracted process of tissue repair and remodeling in response to injury. Various plant products have been used in treatment of wounds over the years. Wound healing herbal extracts promote blood clotting, fight infection, and accelerate the healing of wounds. Phytoconstituents derived from plants need to be identified and screened for antimicrobial activity for management of wounds. The in vitro assays are useful, quick, and relatively inexpensive. Small animals provide a multitude of model choices for various human wound conditions. The study must be conducted after obtaining approval of the Ethics Committee and according to the guidelines for care and use of animals. The prepared formulations of herbal extract can be evaluated by various physicopharmaceutical parameters. The wound healing efficacies of various herbal extracts have been evaluated in excision, incision, dead space, and burn wound models. In vitro and in vivo assays are stepping stones to well-controlled clinical trials of herbal extracts.

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