Effects of the Topical Application of Hydroalcoholic Leaf Extract of Oncidium flexuosum Sims. (Orchidaceae) and Microcurrent on the Healing of Wounds Surgically Induced in Wistar Rats

Effects of the Topical Application of Hydroalcoholic Leaf Extract of Oncidium flexuosum Sims. (Orchidaceae) and Microcurrent on the Healing of Wounds Surgically Induced in Wistar Rats

This study evaluated the wound healing activity of hydroalcoholic leaf extract of Oncidium flexuosum Sims. (Orchidaceae), an important native plant of Brazil, combined or not with microcurrent stimulation. Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups of nine animals: control (C), topical appli...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Oliveira de G. de Gaspi, Mary Ann Foglio, João Ernesto de Carvalho, Gláucia Maria T. Santos, Milene Testa, José Roberto Passarini, Cristiano Pedroso de Moraes, Marcelo A. Marreto Esquisatto, Josué S. Mendonça, Fernanda A. Sampaio Mendonça
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/950347

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