Oregano Extract Ointment for Wound Healing: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Petrolatum-Controlled Study Evaluating Efficacy

October 2011 | Volume 10 | Issue 10 | Original Article | 1168 | Copyright © October 2011


Jennifer Ragi MD,a Amy Pappert MD,a Babar Rao MD,a Daphna Havkin-Frenkel PhD,b Sandy Milgraum MDa

aDepartment of Dermatology, University Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, NJ bDepartment of Plant Pathology and Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

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