Research Article
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) | 3rd | 121.8 ± 1.2 | 138.3 ± 2.6 | 128.5 ± 1.5 | 130.9 ± 1.7 | 130.6 ± 1.8 | 7th | 66.7 ± 1.0 | 65.9 ± 0.6 | 62.0 ± 0.4 | 61.1 ± 0.3 | 63.5 ± 0.4 | 14th | 29.8 ± 0.1 | 33.6 ± 0.4 | 31.5 ± 0.2 | 31.2 ± 0.2 | 33.8 ± 0.3 |
| Blood vessels (no./micrograph) | 3rd | 11.1 ± 0.3 | 16.7 ± 0.6 | 15.4 ± 0.6 | 15.1 ± 0.5 | 14.0 ± 0.5 | 7th | 21.8 ± 0.4 | 25.8 ± 0.7 | 22.0 ± 0.4 | 20.6 ± 0.5 | 26.2 ± 0.6 | 14th | 8.7 ± 0.3 | 13.0 ± 0.4 | 10.0 ± 0.3 | 9.5 ± 0.2 | 10.3 ± 0.3 |
| Fibroblast (no./micrograph) | 3rd | 22.5 ± 2.2 | 39.7 ± 3.0 | 41.8 ± 1.9 | 39.2 ± 1.8 | 38.4 ± 1.7 | 7th | 97.2 ± 2.0 | 113.0 ± 1.9 | 115.5 ± 2.9 | 109.5 ± 1.6 | 115.8 ± 1.6 | 14th | 66.6 ± 0.6 | 75.2 ± 0.9 | 75.3 ± 0.8 | 77.9 ± 0.9 | 82.1 ± 1.2 |
| Collagen (%) | 3rd | 17.8 ± 1.1 | 22.2 ± 1.5 | 20.9 ± 1.1 | 19.9 ± 1.8 | 22.5 ± 2.0 | 7th | 38.1 ± 1.1 | 42.9 ± 1.8 | 26.1 ± 1.2 | 27.6 ± 1.4 | 39.0 ± 1.3 | 14th | 36.4 ± 1.1 | 41.9 ± 1.2 | 44.6 ± 1.3 | 48.1 ± 1.1 | 49.0 ± 1.1 |
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Data were analyzed by the MannWhitney test, considering significant values of when compared with group Tween™ 80 1%. |