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Wound healing properties of naphthaquinone pigments from Alkanna tinctoria
Experientia
|November 15, 1978
Abstract:
From the roots of Alkanna tinctoria Tausch, the alkannin esters of the following acids were isolated and identified: beta,beta-dimethylacrylic acid, beta-acetoxy-isovaleric acid, isovaleric acid, and angelic acid. These esteric pigments showed excellent wound healing properties in a clinical study on 72 patients with ulcus cruris.