ESTIMATION OF WOUND HEALING POTENTIAL OF GNAPHALIUM HYPOLEUCUM DC

Abstract

The wound healing potential of Gnaphalium hypoleucum was estimated by excision and incision wound models. This study was designed to prove the traditional believe of this plant as the wound healer. This screening showed that Gnaphalium hypoleucum possesses highly significant wound healing potential, almost 98 % in 13 days study. Not only the faster healing was reported but also the quality of healing was improved when compared with standard as well as control group. On 13th day, excision wound was completely healed (99.33%) while incision wound showed significant tensile strength (588.33 gm) as control group (383.33gm). The epithelization time was significantly reduced to 7.33 days as in control (11.33 days) while wound index study showed that quality of healing of wound was highly improved (0.33) as compared to control (3.33) group.