Wound healing is a complex process that aims to restore damaged tissue. Phytotherapeutics, such as cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. capitata (Brassicaceae), and sunflower, Helianthus annuus L. (Asteraceae) oil, are used as wound healers. Five circular wounds, each 12 mm in diameter, were made in the dorsolateral region of each rat. The animals were divided into four groups: balsam (B. oleracea); ointment (B. ole...
Natural substances are used in folk medicines to treat injuries. Strychnos pseudoquina has scarring, antipyretic, and antimalarial actions. The present study aimed to analyze the effect of S. pseudoquina on cutaneous wound healing in rats. The S. pseudoquina extract was submitted to phytochemical prospection. The levels of flavonoids and total phenolic compounds in the extract were 50.7 mg/g and 2.59 mg/g, resp...
The objective of this work was to investigate the healing effects of the extract of Brassica oleracea var. capitata to 10% in the formulations ointment and balsam, analyzing histologically the wounds induced in animal model. They were made five surgical wounds by animal, with the aid of a bistoury, in place demarcated through the opening of a test tube of 10 mm humidified in fucsina. The animals were aleatorily...