<it>Catharanthus roseus </it>flower extract has wound-healing activity in Sprague Dawley rats
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Catharanthus roseus </it>L (<it>C. roseus</it>) has been used to treat a wide assortment of diseases including diabetes. The objective of our study was to evaluate the antimicrobial and wound healing activ...
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2006-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Catharanthus roseus </it>L (<it>C. roseus</it>) has been used to treat a wide assortment of diseases including diabetes. The objective of our study was to evaluate the antimicrobial and wound healing activity of the flower extract of <it>Catharanthus </it>in rats.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Wound healing activity was determined in rats, after administration (100 mg kg<sup>-1 </sup>day<sup>-1</sup>) of the ethanol extract of <it>C. roseus </it>flower, using excision, incision and dead space wounds models. The animals were divided into two groups of 6 each in all the models. In the excision model, group 1 animals were topically treated with carboxymethyl cellulose as placebo control and group 2 received topical application of the ethanol extract of <it>C. roseus </it>at a dose of 100 mg/kg body weight/day. In an incision and dead space model group 1 animals were given normal saline and group 2 received the extract orally at a dose of 100 mg kg<sup>-1 </sup>day<sup>-1</sup>. Healing was assessed by the rate of wound contraction, period of epithelization, tensile strength (skin breaking strength), granulation tissue weight, and hydoxyproline content. Antimicrobial activity of the flower extract against four microorganisms was also assessed</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The extract of <it>C. roseus </it>significantly increased the wound breaking strength in the incision wound model compared with controls (P < 0.001). The extract-treated wounds were found to epithelialize faster, and the rate of wound contraction was significantly increased in comparison to control wounds (P < 0.001), Wet and dry granulation tissue weights, and hydroxyproline content in a dead space wound model increased significantly (p < 0.05). <it>Pseudomonas aeruginosa </it>and <it>Staphylococcus aureus </it>demonstrated sensitivity to <it>C. roseus</it></p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Increased wound contraction and tensile strength, augmented hydroxyproline content along with antimicrobial activity support the use of <it>C. roseus </it>in the topical management of wound healing.</p> |
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