Research Article

Were our Ancestors Right in Using Flax Dressings? Research on the Properties of Flax Fibre and Its Usefulness in Wound Healing

Table 1

Content of potentially bioactive substances in tested flax fibres.

Bioactive substanceContent (ng/g) in flax fibres
NikeB14M50

Vanillin
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid
Ferulic acid
Coumaric acid
Syringaldehyde
Polyhydroxybutyrate/hydroxybutyrate
Polyamines