Evidence for Natural Products as Alternative Wound-Healing Therapies.

ABSTRACT: Chronic, non-healing wounds represent a significant area of unmet medical need and are a growing problem for healthcare systems around the world. They affect the quality of life for patients and are an economic burden, being difficult and time consuming to treat. They are an escalating problem across the developed world due to the increasing incidence of diabetes and the higher prevalence of ageing populations. Effective treatment options are currently lacking, and in some cases chronic wounds can persist for years. Some traditional medicines are believed to contain bioactive small molecules that induce the healing of chronic wounds by reducing excessive inflammation, thereby allowing re-epithelisation to occur. Furthermore, many small molecules found in plants are known to have antibacter

SUBMITTER: Moses RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10046143 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature