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

Table 4

Screening for wound healing activity of the methanol extracts of the selected plants (excision wound model) by inoculated with Stapphylococcus aureus.

Group	Treatment	Percentage (%) wound closure						Period of epithelialization (no. of days)
		4th days	6th days	8th days	11th days	14th days	16th days
I	Control	10 ± 1.29	19.5 ± 2.34	34 ± 3.83	44.5 ± 5.75	52 ± 4.53	58.4 ± 5.85	29.12 ± 2.65
II	Nitrofurazone (0.2% w/w)	15.83 ± 6.21	36.33 ± 2.98**	59.5 ± 4.48**	76.33 ± 4.91**	90.5 ± 3.39**	97.33 ± 1.97**	18.03 ± 1.23**
III	Methanol extract (HI)	15.5 ± 1.4	33.5 ± 3.6**	57.66 ± 3.84**	63.16 ± 3.89**	77.66 ± 3.71**	93 ± 2.25**	19.11 ± 0.88**

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. (HI-H. indicum).