Studies on Wound Healing Activity of Heliotropium indicum Linn. Leaves on Rats

Table 5

Screening for wound healing activity of the methanol extract of the selected plants (excision wound model) by inoculated with P. aeruginosa.

Group	Treatment	Percentage (%) wound closure						Period of epithelialization (no. of days)
		4th days	6th days	8th days	11th days	14th days	16th days
I	Control	8.22 ± 1.81	15.6 ± 1.22	21.08 ± 2.71	32.41 ± 3.33	46.61 ± 3.85	51.13 ± 2.15	30.33 ± 2.23
II	Nitrofurazone (0.2% w/w)	14.21 ± 1.09	25.73 ± 3.81*	39.43 ± 2.22**	57.63 ± 3.11**	78.56 ± 2.48**	92.53 ± 3.25**	18.73 ± 1.81**
III	Methanol extract (HI)	12.5 ± 1.25	21.5 ± 2.81	32.26 ± 2.14*	49.6 ± 2.18**	70.22 ± 3.81**	84.26 ± 2.55**	20.10 ± 0.48*

Values are expressed as mean ± S.E. (𝑛=6). All columns are significant using ANOVA.
* 𝑃<.05, **𝑃<.01 when compared to control; Dunnet’s 𝑡-test. (HI-H. indicum).