From a traditional medicinal plant to a rational drug: understanding the clinically proven wound healing efficacy of birch bark extract.

BACKGROUND: Birch bark has a long lasting history as a traditional medicinal remedy to accelerate wound healing. Recently, the efficacy of birch bark preparations has also been proven clinically. As active principle pentacyclic triterpenes are generally accepted. Here, we report a comprehensive stud...

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Main Authors: Sandra Ebeling, Katrin Naumann, Simone Pollok, Tina Wardecki, Sabine Vidal-Y-Sy, Juliana M Nascimento, Melanie Boerries, Gudula Schmidt, Johanna M Brandner, Irmgard Merfort
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3899119?pdf=render