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

• Main Authors: Woan Sean Tan, Sean Tan, Arulselvan, Palanisamy, Ng, Shiow-Fern, Mat Taib, Che Norma, Sarian, Murni Nazira, Fakurazi, Sharida
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81241/; https://bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12906-018-2427-y

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...