Phytotherapy of skin wounds – overview of experimental and clinical studies in the first decennium of the 21st century
Authors:
Ivan Kováč 1; Peter Gál 2,3; Ján Mojžiš 4
Authors‘ workplace:
Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, Lekárska fakulta, II. chirurgická klinika, Slovenská republika
1; Východoslovenský ústav srdcových a cievnych chorôb, a. s., Úsek pre biomedicínsky výskum, Košice, Slovenská republika
2; Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 1. lékařská fakulta, Ústav histologie a embryologie, Česká republika
3; Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, Lekárska fakulta, Ústav farmakológie, Slovenská republika
4
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2012; 151: 423-427
Category:
Review Articles
Overview
Delayed wound healing presents a significant burden for the patient and healthcare system. One of many possibilities how to improve the process of wound healing and to prevent development of unwanted complications is the use of herbal substances which are still commonly used in folk medicine. This review gives an overview of experimental and clinical studies related to phytotherapeutic approaches of skin wound healing which have during the 21st century been indexed by the largest biomedical database NCBI – PubMed.
Key words:
phytotherapy, skin wound healing, plant extracts.
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