title: Evaluation of in-vivo wound healing activity of Hypericum patulum (Family: hypericaceae) leaf extract on different wound model in rats.
abstract: The methanol extract of Hypericum patulum Thumb. leaves were investigated for the evaluation of their wound healing potential on different experimental models of wounds in rats. The methanol extract of leaves (HPM), in the form of an ointment with two different concentrations (5% and 10% w/w ointment of leaf extract in simple ointment base) was evaluated for wound healing potential in an excision wound model and an incision wound model in rats. Both concentrations of the methanol extract ointment showed significant responses in both the wound types tested when compared with the control group. The effect produced by the extract ointment, in terms of wound contracting ability, wound closure time, regeneration of tissues at wound site, tensile strength of the wound and histopathological characteristics were comparable to those of a standard drug nitrofurazone ointment.
authors.affiliation: JSS College of Pharmacy, Rocklands, PO Box 20, Ootacamund-643 001, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verpoorte
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suresh
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D020902:Hypericum / Q000737:chemistry*; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009824:Ointments; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013718:Tensile Strength; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009824:Ointments; D010936:Plant Extracts