Effect of Powdered Shells of the Snail Megalobulimus lopesi on Secondary-Intention Wound Healing in an Animal Model

Table 1

Progression of wound area, relative to postoperative baseline area, by group.

Groups	3 days	7 days	14 days	21 days
G1	0.659 ± 0.018^bA	0.472 ± 0.015^bB	0.392 ± 0.021^aB	0.207 ± 0.010^aC
G2	0.783 ± 0.023^aA	0.634 ± 0.022^aB	0.378 ± 0.011^bC	0.129 ± 0.042^bD
G3	0.533 ± 0.034^cA	0.430 ± 0.017^bA	0.204 ± 0.012^cB	0 ± 0.000^cC

Values expressed as means ± standard deviations of means. Different lowercase letters in same column indicate significant differences between groups. Different uppercase letters on same row indicate significant differences between time points (Tukey’s post hoc test).