Effect of cream containing Melia azedarach flowers on skin diseases in children.
A herbal cream containing a methanolic HPLC-standardized extract of Melia azedarach flowers has been prepared and found potent against bacterial skin diseases like cellulitis, pustules, pyogenic infections, etc. in children. The results obtained are comparable to those with neomycin.
Saleem
Rubeena
R
Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, Karachi 74600, Pakistan. rs127pk@yahoo.com
Rani
Rizwana
R
Ahmed
Muhammad
M
Sadaf
Farzana
F
Ahmad
Syed Iqbal
SI
ul Zafar
Navaid
N
Khan
Sobia Sajida
SS
Siddiqui
Bina Shaheen
BS
Lubna
Ansari
Farheen
F
Khan
Shakeel Ahmed
SA
Faizi
Shaheen
S
D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000032:analysis / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D035264:Flowers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D031586:Melia azedarach / Q000737:chemistry*; D009355:Neomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009824:Ointments; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009824:Ointments; D010936:Plant Extracts; D009355:Neomycin