Improvement of diabetic wound healing by topical application of Vicenin-2 hydrocolloid film on Sprague Dawley rats

• Main Authors: Tan, Woan Sean, Arulselvan, Palanisamy, Shiow, Fern Ng, Fakurazi, Sharida, Mat Taib, Che Norma, Sarian, Murni Nazira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80192/1/Improvement%20of%20diabetic%20wound%20healing%20by%20topical%20application%20of%20Vicenin-2%20hydrocolloid%20film%20on%20Sprague%20Dawley%20rats; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80192/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30654793/

Background: Impaired wound healing is a debilitating complication of diabetes that leads to significant morbidity, particularly foot ulcers. The risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers for diabetic patients is 15% over their lifetime and approximately 85% of limb amputations is caused by non-healing...