Vanillin Provides A Sweet Solution For Chronic Wound Healing

Simple food components may provide the key to new cost-effective materials that will benefit chronic wound healing, Australian researchers say.

Vanillin is the primary chemical component extracted from natural vanilla pods, but is a compound that can also be synthetically produced from clove oil or rice. Apart from being a sensory additive (used as a key ingredient in many foods for its swee... [2885 chars]