Research Article

A Therapeutic Approach for Wound Healing by Using Essential Oils of Cupressus and Juniperus Species Growing in Turkey

Table 2

Effects of the essential oils from C. sempervirens var. horizontalis, C. sempervirens var. pyramidalis, J. communis, J. excelsa, J. foetidissima, J. oxycedrus, and J. phoenicea on linear incision wound model.

MaterialStatistical mean ± SEM (tensile strength %)

Vehicle13.24 ± 2.25
(9.1)
Negative control12.14 ± 2.54
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis 14.51 ± 2.17
(9.6)
Cupressus sempervirens var. pyramidalis 14.27 ± 2.09
(7.8)
J. communis subsp. nana 13.82 ± 2.04
(4.4)
Juniperusexcelsa 15.27 ± 2.43
(15.3)
Juniperusfoetidissima 14.66 ± 1.86
(10.7)
Juniperus oxycedrus subsp. oxycedrus 17.41 ± 2.19
(31.5)**
Juniperusphoenicea 18.05 ± 2.26
(36.3)**
Madecassol19.87 ± 1.41
(50.1)***

* ; ** ; *** ; SEM: Standard error of the mean.
Percentage of tensile strength values: vehicle group was compared to negative control group; the oils and the reference material were compared to vehicle group.