1. The impact of resveratrol on skin wound healing, scarring, and aging
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Elisabeth Hofmann, Petra Kotzbeck, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Sebastian P. Nischwitz, Andrzej Hecker, Hanna Luze, and Marlies Schellnegger
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Chronic wound ,endocrine system diseases ,Skin wound ,wound healing ,Dermatology ,Resveratrol ,Bioinformatics ,Skin Aging ,Cicatrix ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,In vivo ,medicine ,Humans ,scarring ,030212 general & internal medicine ,chronic wound ,skin aging ,Invited Review ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,organic chemicals ,food and beverages ,chemistry ,Research Design ,Surgery ,Cutaneous wound ,medicine.symptom ,Wound healing ,business - Abstract
Resveratrol is a well‐known antioxidant that harbours many health beneficial properties. Multiple studies associated the antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, and cell protective effects of resveratrol. These diverse effects of resveratrol are also potentially involved in cutaneous wound healing, scarring, and (photo‐)aging of the skin. Hence, this review highlighted the most relevant studies involving resveratrol in wound healing, scarring, and photo‐aging of the skin. A systematic review was performed and the database PubMed was searched for suitable publications. Only original articles in English that investigated the effects of resveratrol in wound healing, scarring, and (photo‐)aging of the skin were analysed. The literature search yielded a total of 826 studies, but only 41 studies met the inclusion criteria. The included studies showed promising results that resveratrol might be a feasible treatment approach to support wound healing, counteract excessive scarring, and even prevent photo‐aging of the skin. Resveratrol represents an interesting and promising novel therapy regime but to confirm resveratrol‐associated effects, more evidence based in vitro and in vivo studies are needed.
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- 2021