Research Article

Evaluation of the Biological Effects of Lyophilized Hydrophilic Extract of Rhus coriaria on Myeloperoxidase (MPO) Activity, Wound Healing, and Microbial Infections of Skin Wound Tissues

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Effect of aqueous extract of Rhus coriaria fruits on myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity at a dose of 5 mg.mL−1 of AERc (a) and at adose of 10 mg.mL−1 of AERc (b) and hydroxyproline (HPX) in noninfected (c) and infected wounds (d) treated at 3, 6, 9, 15, and 21 postoperative days. In wounds infected with gram positive (S. aureus) and gram negative (P. aeruginosa), there was significant decrease (p=0.001) in the level of MPO activity and increase (p<0.05) in the levels of HPX at days 15th, , and following treatment with AERc at doses of 5 mg.mL−1, 10 mg.mL−1, and compared with control treatments, respectively.

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