Research Article

A Novel Chemically Modified Curcumin “Normalizes” Wound-Healing in Rats with Experimentally Induced Type I Diabetes: Initial Studies

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The concentration of MMP-8 (collagenase-2) in the wound extracts from the nondiabetic control (NDC) and diabetic (D) rats treated with vehicle alone or with 0.25% or 1% concentrations of CMC2.24 or curcumin. Each value represents the mean of 3 measurements per experimental group ± SEM.