title: Spermatheca gland extract of snail (Telescopium telescopium) has wound healing potential: an experimental study in rabbits.
abstract: The effects of spermatheca gland extract of snail (Telescopium telescopium) to promote wound healing were studied in an animal model. The spermatheca gland extract of the snail was used as a topical medicament to treat experimentally created full thickness wounds in 12 rabbits (Oryctologous cuniculus). Wound healing was assessed on the basis of physical, histomorphological, and histochemical changes on days 0, 3, 7, and 14. Statistically significant differences were observed between the groups in all measured parameters. These exciting findings suggest that the data should be further tested in animal models to better understand the potential for wound healing in the spermatheca gland extract of the marine snail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Husbandry, Thakurgangti, Jharkhand, India. vetsaurabh@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Debaki
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Tuhin Kanti
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Uttam
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Partho
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Subarna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kundu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037102:Lectins; D011817:Rabbits; D011897:Random Allocation; D012908:Snails; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D014020:Tissue Extracts