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

Table 1

DPPH scavenging activity of all four extracts in comparison to ascorbic acid. The values were the means ± SD of IC50 value. The experiment was carried out in triplicate with three determinations ().

NumberSamples
mean ± SD, (g/mL)

1Control (ascorbic acid)5.17 ± 1.07
2Nigella sativa (NSSE)961.0 ± 20.13
3Piper sarmentosum 372.0 ± 8.19
4Pluchea indica 143.0 ± 7.64
5Melastoma malabathricum 353.0 ± 10.82