Does pereskia aculeata Miller leave accelerate excisional wound healing in mice?
As the wound healing process was considerably accelerated, especially by HF gel formulation, the results of this study not only contributed to better understand the ethnopharmacological application of P. acuelata leaves, but also encouraged further investigations on how to explore the potential uses of this plant in skin therapies.
CAP is protective against highly permissive challenges with X4 and R5 viruses in vivo. Research on further development of this promising compound as a candidate microbicide for the prevention of sexual HIV-1 transmission is therefore warranted.