Electrospun nanofibers as dressings for chronic wound care: advances, challenges, and future prospects

M Abrigo, SL McArthur… - Macromolecular bioscience, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic non‐healing wounds show delayed and incomplete healing processes and in turn
expose patients to a high risk of infection. Treatment currently focuses on dressings that …

The composition and biological activity of honey: a focus on Manuka honey

JM Alvarez-Suarez, M Gasparrini… - Foods, 2014 - mdpi.com
Honey has been used as a food and medical product since the earliest times. It has been
used in many cultures for its medicinal properties, as a remedy for burns, cataracts, ulcers …

Biological properties and therapeutic activities of honey in wound healing: A narrative review and meta-analysis

A Oryan, E Alemzadeh, A Moshiri - Journal of tissue viability, 2016 - Elsevier
For thousands of years, honey has been used for medicinal applications. The beneficial
effects of honey, particularly its anti-microbial activity represent it as a useful option for …

The effects of pH on wound healing, biofilms, and antimicrobial efficacy

SL Percival, S McCarty, JA Hunt… - Wound repair and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
It is known that pH has a role to play in wound healing. In particular, pH has been shown to
affect matrix metalloproteinase activity, tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases activity …

Role of honey in advanced wound care

H Scepankova, P Combarros-Fuertes, JM Fresno… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Honey is a natural product rich in several phenolic compounds, enzymes, and sugars with
antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial potential. Indeed, the …

Monofloral honeys as a potential source of natural antioxidants, minerals and medicine

R Mărgăoan, E Topal, R Balkanska, B Yücel, T Oravecz… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: vegetative diversity is based on different climate and geographical origins. In
terms of beekeeping, herbal diversity is strongly correlated to the production of a wide …

Advances in mesoporous silica nanoparticles for targeted stimuli-responsive drug delivery

A Baeza, M Colilla, M Vallet-Regí - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNPs) are one of the most promising
inorganic drug delivery systems (DDSs). The design and development of tumour-targeted …

Honey for wound healing, ulcers, and burns; data supporting its use in clinical practice

N Al-Waili, K Salom… - The scientific world journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread existence of unhealed wounds, ulcers, and burns has a great impact on
public health and economy. Many interventions, including new medications and …

Drug therapies and delivery mechanisms to treat perturbed skin wound healing

JS Chin, L Madden, SY Chew, DL Becker - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Acute wound healing is an orderly process of four overlapping events: haemostasis,
inflammation, proliferation and remodelling. A drug delivery system with a temporal control …

Honey-based templates in wound healing and tissue engineering

BA Minden-Birkenmaier, GL Bowlin - Bioengineering, 2018 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, there has been a resurgence in the clinical use of honey as a
topical wound treatment. A plethora of in vitro and in vivo evidence supports this resurgence …