Triterpenes from Centella asiatica stimulate extracellular matrix accumulation in rat experimental wounds

Wound healing is a complex and ordered sequence of events which involves the activation of a large number of different cell types. Inflammation and angiogenesis, formation of granulation tissue, re-epithelialization, deposition of newly synthetized connective tissue macromolecules, and matrix remodeling are some of the main events involved in normal wound repair. A defect in any of these components of the repair process may [...]