Chitosan Membrane Modified With a New Zinc(II)-Vanillin Complex Improves Skin Wound Healing in Diabetic Rats

• Main Authors: Emanuella de Aragão Tavares (Author), Wendy Marina Toscano Queiroz de Medeiros (Author), Talita Pereira de Assis Pontes (Author), Maisie Mitchele Barbosa (Author), Aurigena Antunes de Araújo (Author), Raimundo Fernandes de Araújo (Author), Jozi Godoy Figueiredo (Author), Renata Carvalho Leitão (Author), Conceição da Silva Martins (Author), Francisco Ordelei Nascimento da Silva (Author), Ana Cristina Facundo de Brito Pontes (Author), Daniel de Lima Pontes (Author), Caroline Addison Carvalho Xavier de Medeiros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The treatment of chronic wounds is considered a public health problem. When the condition affects at-risk groups such as those with diabetics, it becomes a great clinical challenge. In this work, we evaluated the healing effects of a new zinc complex, [Zn(phen)(van)2], identified as ZPV, which was s...