Research Article

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

Table 3

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 circular excision wound model.

MaterialWound area ± SEM (contraction %)
024681012

Vehicle19.55 ± 2.0917.98 ± 2.20
(2.55)
16.54 ± 2.11
14.89 ± 1.95
9.55 ± 1.56
(9.51)
6.31± 1.16
(8.42)
2.97 ± 0.87
(5.41)
Negative Control19.43 ± 2.1518.45 ± 2.2316.42 ± 2.1714.72 ± 1.9110.51 ± 1.756.89 ± 1.233.14 ± 1.49
C. sempervirens var. horizontalis 19.40 ± 2.1317.56 ± 1.40
(2.34)
16.02 ± 1.50
(3.14)
14.91 ± 1.62
9.57 ± 1.40
5.86 ± 1.32
(7.13)
3.56 ± 0.69
C. sempervirens var. pyramidalis 20.03 ± 2.1217.90 ± 1.91
(0.44)
16.69 ± 1.92
14.92 ± 1.60
8.84 ± 1.67
(7.43)
7.08 ± 1.12
2.59 ± 0.84
(12.79)
J. communis subsp. nana Syme.19.55 ± 2.2217.81 ± 1.81
(5.56)
16.75 ± 1.80
15.16 ± 1.87
9.57 ± 1.74
6.02 ± 0.99
(4.60)
3.04 ± 0.89
J.excelsa 19.50 ± 2.1614.99 ± 1.78
(16.63)
13.24 ± 2.09
(19.95)
11.26 ± 1.70
(24.38)
7.39 ± 1.58
(22.62)
5.47 ± 1.07
(13.31)
2.44 ± 0.90
(17.85)
J. foetidissima19.96 ± 2.5116.16 ± 1.89
(10.12)
14.02 ± 1.78
(15.24)
13.49 ± 1.71
(9.40)
9.09 ± 1.54
(4.82)
6.10 ± 1.27
(3.33)
2.49 ± 1.05
(16.16)
J. oxycedrus subsp. oxycedrus 19.41 ± 2.0817.51 ± 1.92
(2.61)
16.02 ± 1.70
(6.05)
12.62 ± 1.63
(15.25)
6.03 ± 1.03
(36.86)*
3.85 ± 0.96
(38.99)*
1.69 ± 0.60
(43.10)*
J. phoenicea19.59 ± 2.1916.46 ± 2.54
(8.45)
14.02 ± 1.96
(15.24)
11.97 ± 1.86
(19.61)
7.44 ± 1.39
(22.09)
4.21 ± 1.28
(33.28)*
1.76 ± 0.61
(40.74)*
Madecassol19.68 ± 2.0314.46 ± 1.83
(19.58)
11.77 ± 1.45
(28.84)
8.76 ± 1.21
(41.17)**
4.74 ± 0.89
(50.37)**
2.12 ± 0.31
(66.40)***
0.00 ± 0.00
(100.00)***

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