Identification of Major Active Ingredients Responsible for Burn Wound Healing of Centella asiatica Herbs

Centella asiatica herbs have been prescribed as a traditional medicine for wound healing in China and Southeast Asia for a long time. They contain many kinds of triterpenoid compounds, mainly including glycosides (asiaticoside and madecassoside) and corresponding aglycones (asiatic acid and madecass...

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Main Authors: Fang Wu, Difei Bian, Yufeng Xia, Zhunan Gong, Qian Tan, Jiaojiao Chen, Yue Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/848093