The In Vitro and In Vivo Wound Healing Properties of the Chinese Herbal Medicine “Jinchuang Ointment”

Figure 6

Wound healing assay with HaCaT cells displaying the increased cell migration induced by “Jinchuang ointment.” Cells were treated with (a) DMSO alone (control), (b) 100 ng/mL EGF (positive control), (c) 200 μg/mL “Jinchuang ointment,” (d) 20 μg/mL “Jinchuang ointment,” and (e) 2 μg/mL “Jinchuang ointment.” Cell migration was documented by phase contrast microscopy over a 24-hour time course where time 0 is the time of wound scratching.

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