Research Article

In Vitro and In Vivo Wound Healing and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Babassu Oil (Attalea speciosa Mart. Ex Spreng., Arecaceae)

Table 4

Macroscopic parameters of the wound treated with babassu oil (Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng, Arecaceae).

ParametersPeriod (days)Groups-Median (min-max)
Tween™ 80DersaniBabassu oil
1%10%30%100%

Edema3rd1 (1-2)2 (1–3)2 (1–2)2 (1–2)2 (1–3)
7th1 (0-2)1 (0–1)1 (0–2)1 (0–1)1 (0–2)
14th0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0–0)

Erythema3rd1 (1-2)2 (1–2)2 (1–2)1 (1–2)1 (1–2)
7th0 (0-1)1 (0–1)0 (0–1)0 (0–1)1 (0–1)
14th0 (0-1)0 (0–1)0 (0–0)0 (0–0)0 (0-1)

Scab3rd3 (2-3)3 (2–3)2 (2–3)3 (2–3)3 (2–3)
7th3 (3-3)3 (3–3)3 (3–3)3 (3–3)3 (3–3)
14th1 (0-1)0 (0–1)0 (0–0)0 (0–0)0 (0–0)

Epithelialization3rd0 (0-0)0 (0–0)0 (0–0)0 (0–0)0 (0–0)
7th2 (1-2)2 (1–2)2 (1–2)2 (1–2)2 (1–2)
14th2 (2-3)3 (2–3)3 (2–3)3 (2–3)3 (2–3)

Data were analyzed by the MannWhitney test, considering significant values of when compared with group Tween™ 80 1%.