Shrimp diet and skin healing strength in rats Dieta com camarão e resistência cicatricial da pele, em ratos

OBJECTIVE: Surgical scar tensile strength may be influenced by several factors such as drugs, hormones and diet. The purpose of the present study was to determine the influence of a shrimp-enriched diet on the tensile strength of rat scars. METHODS: Forty male Wistar rats were submitted to a 4 cm do...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Lage Borges, Fernanda Kelley Silva Pereira, Jacqueline Isaura Alvarez-Leite, Luiz Ronaldo Alberti, Mônica Alves Neves Diniz Ferreira, Andy Petroianu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas 2007-06-01
Series:Revista de Nutrição
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-52732007000300004