Therapeutic Effects of Medicinal Plants on Cutaneous Wound Healing in Humans: A Systematic Review

• Main Authors: Tarcisio Vitor Augusto Lordani (Author), Celia Eliane de Lara (Author), Fabiana Borges Padilha Ferreira (Author), Mariana de Souza Terron Monich (Author), Claudinei Mesquita da Silva (Author), Claudia Regina Felicetti Lordani (Author), Fernanda Giacomini Bueno (Author), Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira (Author), Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The pharmaceutical industry has made great strides in providing drugs that are able to stimulate the healing process, but only 1-3% of all drugs that are listed in Western pharmacopoeias are intended for use on the skin or cutaneous wounds. Of these, at least one-third are obtained from plants. We s...