Potential activity of aqueous extract of culinary-medicinal lion's mane mushroom, hericium erinaceus (Bull.: Fr.) Pers. (Aphyllophoromycetideae) in accelerating wound healing in rats

• Main Authors: Abdullah, M.A., Fard, A.A., Sabaratnam, V., Wong, K.H., Kuppusamy, U.R., Abdullah, N., Ismail, S.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8180/; http://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,77c52f4810e4b47b,42ed51fd0670aea6.html

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of topical application of aqueous extract of Hericium erinaceus fruiting bodies (HEFB) on the rate of wound healing enclosure and histology of the healed wound. Five groups of male Sprague-Dawley rats were experimentally wounded in the posterior neck...