Table 3.

Effects of the essential oils from C. sempervirens var. horizontalis, C. sempervirens var. pyramidalis, J. communis, J. excelsa, J. foetidissima, J. oxycedrus, and J. phoenicea on circular excision wound model.

Material	Wound area ± SEM (contraction %)
	0	2	4	6	8	10	12
Vehicle	19.55 ± 2.09	17.98 ± 2.20 (2.55)	16.54 ± 2.11 —	14.89 ± 1.95 —	9.55 ± 1.56 (9.51)	6.31± 1.16 (8.42)	2.97 ± 0.87 (5.41)
Negative Control	19.43 ± 2.15	18.45 ± 2.23	16.42 ± 2.17	14.72 ± 1.91	10.51 ± 1.75	6.89 ± 1.23	3.14 ± 1.49
C. sempervirens var. horizontalis	19.40 ± 2.13	17.56 ± 1.40 (2.34)	16.02 ± 1.50 (3.14)	14.91 ± 1.62 —	9.57 ± 1.40 —	5.86 ± 1.32 (7.13)	3.56 ± 0.69 —
C. sempervirens var. pyramidalis	20.03 ± 2.12	17.90 ± 1.91 (0.44)	16.69 ± 1.92 —	14.92 ± 1.60 —	8.84 ± 1.67 (7.43)	7.08 ± 1.12 —	2.59 ± 0.84 (12.79)
J. communis subsp. nana Syme.	19.55 ± 2.22	17.81 ± 1.81 (5.56)	16.75 ± 1.80 —	15.16 ± 1.87 —	9.57 ± 1.74 —	6.02 ± 0.99 (4.60)	3.04 ± 0.89 —
J.  excelsa	19.50 ± 2.16	14.99 ± 1.78 (16.63)	13.24 ± 2.09 (19.95)	11.26 ± 1.70 (24.38)	7.39 ± 1.58 (22.62)	5.47 ± 1.07 (13.31)	2.44 ± 0.90 (17.85)
J. foetidissima	19.96 ± 2.51	16.16 ± 1.89 (10.12)	14.02 ± 1.78 (15.24)	13.49 ± 1.71 (9.40)	9.09 ± 1.54 (4.82)	6.10 ± 1.27 (3.33)	2.49 ± 1.05 (16.16)
J. oxycedrus subsp. oxycedrus	19.41 ± 2.08	17.51 ± 1.92 (2.61)	16.02 ± 1.70 (6.05)	12.62 ± 1.63 (15.25)	6.03 ± 1.03 (36.86)*	3.85 ± 0.96 (38.99)*	1.69 ± 0.60 (43.10)*
J. phoenicea	19.59 ± 2.19	16.46 ± 2.54 (8.45)	14.02 ± 1.96 (15.24)	11.97 ± 1.86 (19.61)	7.44 ± 1.39 (22.09)	4.21 ± 1.28 (33.28)*	1.76 ± 0.61 (40.74)*
Madecassol	19.68 ± 2.03	14.46 ± 1.83 (19.58)	11.77 ± 1.45 (28.84)	8.76 ± 1.21 (41.17)**	4.74 ± 0.89 (50.37)**	2.12 ± 0.31 (66.40)***	0.00 ± 0.00 (100.00)***

* P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001; SEM: standard error of the mean.

Percentage of contraction values: vehicle group was compared to negative control group; the oils and the reference material were compared to vehicle group.