| Naoki yahagi, Masashi Kono, Masaki Kitahara, Akito Ohmura, Osao Sumita, Toshimasa Hashimoto, Katsuaki Hori, Chen Ning-Juan, Paul Woodson, Shoji Kubota, Arata Murakami, Shinichi Takamoto |
| Abstract Electrolyzed water accelerated the healing of full-thickness cutaneous wounds in rats, but only anode chamber water (acid pH or neutralized) was effective. Hypochlorous acid (HOCl), also produced by electrolysis, was ineffective, suggesting that these types of electrolyzed water enhance wound healing by a mechanism unrelated to the well-known antibacterial action of HOCl. One possibility is that reactive oxygen species, shown to be electron spin resonance spectra present in anode chamber water, might trigger early wound healing through fibroblast migration and proliferation. |
