Vanillin provides a sweet solution for chronic wound healing

What happened

A team from Flinders University's Biomedical Nanoengineering Laboratory has found that vanillin has pronounced antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, making it a good candidate for wound-healing formulations. Their work is published in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics.

Key facts

• A team from Flinders University's Biomedical Nanoengineering Laboratory has — found: that vanillin has pronounced antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, making it a good candidate for wound-healing formulations