Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 502-506, September 2009

Cosmeceuticals and natural products: wound healing

Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1600 NW 10th Avenue, Room 2089, Miami, FL 33136, USA

Abstract 

Despite several technologic and strategic advances in the field, wound care has returned to the roots of medicine and embraced some of the remedies used millennia ago. Some of the many potentially beneficial natural products include the β-glucans, honey, aloe, cocoa, and oak bark extracts. There has recently been a surge of interest for their possible roles in wound healing.

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PII: S0738-081X(09)00130-8

doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2009.05.015

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 502-506, September 2009

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