title: Effects of aucubin on the healing of oral wounds.
abstract: Aucubin is an iridoid glycoside with a variety of pharmacological effects, such as antimicrobial and antiinflammatory, whilst also promoting dermal wound healing. This study examined the effects of 0.1% aucubin on oral wound healing. ICR male mice were divided into two groups: an untreated control group (n=18) and an aucubin-treated group (n=18). Saline or 0.1% aucubin solution was injected and artificial full thickness wounds were made on either side of the buccal mucosa. Specimens were taken on days 1, 3 and 5, and light microscopic examination and quantitative histological analysis were performed to determine the extent of re-epithelization, inflammatory cell infiltration and matrix formation. Re-epithelization and matrix formation of the aucubin-treated group occurred earlier than that of the control group. In addition, the number of inflammatory cells of the aucubin-treated group was fewer than that of the control group. In conclusion, aucubin may be useful for oral wound healing and can be applied as a topical agent to oral wounds.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Mi
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Seok Hwa
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Moon-Jin
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Seong Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005960:Glucosides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D057888:Iridoid Glucosides; D039823:Iridoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009055:Mouth / Q000473:pathology*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D005960:Glucosides; D057888:Iridoid Glucosides; D039823:Iridoids; C006650:aucubin