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

Table 5

Histomorphometric parameters of wounds treated with babassu oil (Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng, Arecaceae).

Parameters	Period (days)	Groups–(mean ± SEM)
		Tween™ 80	Dersani	Babassu oil
		1%		10%	30%	100%
Inflammatory cells (no./micrograph)	3^rd	121.8 ± 1.2	138.3 ± 2.6	128.5 ± 1.5	130.9 ± 1.7	130.6 ± 1.8
	7^th	66.7 ± 1.0	65.9 ± 0.6	62.0 ± 0.4	61.1 ± 0.3	63.5 ± 0.4
	14^th	29.8 ± 0.1	33.6 ± 0.4	31.5 ± 0.2	31.2 ± 0.2	33.8 ± 0.3
Blood vessels (no./micrograph)	3^rd	11.1 ± 0.3	16.7 ± 0.6	15.4 ± 0.6	15.1 ± 0.5	14.0 ± 0.5
	7^th	21.8 ± 0.4	25.8 ± 0.7	22.0 ± 0.4	20.6 ± 0.5	26.2 ± 0.6
	14^th	8.7 ± 0.3	13.0 ± 0.4	10.0 ± 0.3	9.5 ± 0.2	10.3 ± 0.3
Fibroblast (no./micrograph)	3^rd	22.5 ± 2.2	39.7 ± 3.0	41.8 ± 1.9	39.2 ± 1.8	38.4 ± 1.7
	7^th	97.2 ± 2.0	113.0 ± 1.9	115.5 ± 2.9	109.5 ± 1.6	115.8 ± 1.6
	14^th	66.6 ± 0.6	75.2 ± 0.9	75.3 ± 0.8	77.9 ± 0.9	82.1 ± 1.2
Collagen (%)	3^rd	17.8 ± 1.1	22.2 ± 1.5	20.9 ± 1.1	19.9 ± 1.8	22.5 ± 2.0
	7^th	38.1 ± 1.1	42.9 ± 1.8	26.1 ± 1.2	27.6 ± 1.4	39.0 ± 1.3
	14^th	36.4 ± 1.1	41.9 ± 1.2	44.6 ± 1.3	48.1 ± 1.1	49.0 ± 1.1

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