Evaluation of the extract of Zeyheria tuberculosa with a view to products for wound healing

OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the antimicrobial, cytotoxic and healing activities of the ethanolic extract of the stems of Z. tuberculosa via topical use and/or oral ingestion. METHOD: antimicrobial assays in vitro using the disk diffusion method, the Artemia salina toxicity test, and in vivo assays...

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Main Authors: Patrícia de Albuquerque Sarmento, Terezinha da Rocha Ataíde, Ana Paula Fernandes Barbosa, João Xavier de Araújo-Júnior, Ingrid Martins Leite Lúcio, Maria Lysete de Assis Bastos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-01-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692014000100165&lng=en&tlng=en