Research Article

Evaluation of Wound Closure Activity of Nigella sativa, Melastoma malabathricum, Pluchea indica, and Piper sarmentosum Extracts on Scratched Monolayer of Human Gingival Fibroblasts

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Micrographs showing the coverage of scratched wounds by HGF under various conditions at 42 h of incubation. (a) Negative control (HGF in basic media); (b) positive control (HGF treated with 10 ng/mL bFGF); and (c) test sample (HGF treated with 25 μg/mL NSSE). The red lines marked the boundaries of the scratched wounds and the arrows indicated the direction of cells movement to cover the wound areas.
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