New Guar Biopolymer Silver Nanocomposites for Wound Healing Applications

Table 3

Changes in physical characteristics of wounds in different treatment groups.

Treatment groups	Percentage wound contraction on the 10th day	Wound index	Healing period (days)	Tensile strength (g)
Untreated control	54.58±3.45	2.69±0.08	18.83±0.48	257.2±10.73
GGAA treated	69.64±4.86^a	1.94±0.06^a	15.50±0.43^a	356.8±9.88^a
NAg-GGAA treated	98.52±7.54^a,b,c	1.35±0.05^a,b	9.83±0.31^a,b,c	522.5±12.9^a,b,c
Silver alginate	89.15±6.96^a,b	1.56±0.05^a,b	12.5±0.43^a,b	460.5±11.66^a,b

Values were mean ± SEM, 𝑛=6 in each group. ^a𝑃<0.05 compared to control group, ^b𝑃<0.05 compared to GGAA treated group, ^c𝑃<0.05 compared to silver alginate group.