A Novel Chemically Modified Curcumin “Normalizes” Wound-Healing in Rats with Experimentally Induced Type I Diabetes: Initial Studies

Introduction. Impaired wound-healing in diabetics can lead to life-threatening complications, such as limb amputation, associated in part with excessive matrix metalloproteinase- (MMP-) mediated degradation of collagen and other matrix constituents. In the current study, a novel triketonic chemicall...

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Main Authors: Yazhou Zhang, Steve A. McClain, Hsi-Ming Lee, Muna S. Elburki, Huiwen Yu, Ying Gu, Yu Zhang, Mark Wolff, Francis Johnson, Lorne M. Golub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Diabetes Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5782904