WOUND HEALING ACTIVITY OF ETHANOL EXTRACT OF PSEUDARTHRIA VISCIDA LINN
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
The wound healing activity of topically applied ethanol extract of Pseudarthria viscida was evaluated in wistar rat by excision wound model for a period of 12 days. The extract was prepared as ointment form (5 and 10% w/w) and applied on Wistar rats. Neomycin ointment 0.5%w/w was used as standard drug. The healing of the wound was assessed by the rate of wound contraction, period of epithelialisation, skin breaking strength. Both the ointments (5% and 10% w/w) of Pseudarthria viscida extract promoted the wound-healing activity significantly when compared to the standard drug. High rate of wound contraction, decrease the period for epithelialisation, high skin breaking strength were observed in animals treated with 10% w/w extract ointment when compared to the control group of animals. So ethanol extract of Pseudarthria viscida in the form of 10% ointment promote wound-healing activity better than the former concentration, 5%. The result obtained from this study indicates that ethanol extract of Pseudarthria viscida accelerates the wound healing process by decreasing the surface area of the wound.
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M. Vijayabaskaran , P. Sajeer , P. Perumal
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