Studies on Wound Healing Activity of Heliotropium indicum Linn. Leaves on Rats

Table 3

Effect of various extracts of H. indicum leaves on wound breaking strength (incision wound model).

Group	Treatment	Breaking strength (g)
I	Control	327.5 ± 16.58
II	Nitrofurazone (0.2% w/w)	491.21 ± 16.26**
III	Pet ether extract	336.23 ± 15.64
IV	Chloroform extract	347 ± 14.63
V	Methanol extract	478.55 ± 12.63**
VI	Aqueous extract	378.63 ± 18.02*

Values are expressed as mean ± S.E. (𝑛=6). All columns are significant using ANOVA.
* 𝑃<.05, **𝑃<.01 when compared to control; Dunnet’s 𝑡-test.