Complements C3 and C5 Individually and in Combination Increase Early Wound Strength in a Rat Model of Experimental Wound Healing

Table 1

Effect of the topical application of collagen formulation and the combination of complements C3 and C5.

		Side	Maximal wound breaking strength (g)
Group I	Sham	Collagen	490 ± 57
		Saline	478 ± 86
Group II	C3C5	Collagen	787 ± 93*
		C3C5 in collagen	923 ± 191*

∗P < 0.05, calculated using the unpaired t-test comparing the MWBS means of experimental wounds (Group II) to those of the Sham wounds (Group I).