. 2015 Jul 8;15:213. doi: 10.1186/s12906-015-0751-z

Table 1.

Comparison of histopathological scores among the groups

Day	Epithelialization
Day	CON	SSD	Vaseline	5 % AJE	20 % AJE
2	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.3 ± 0.3	0. 00 ± 0.00	0.1 ± 0.1
14	1.5 ± 0.4	2.3 ± 0.07	2.9 ± 0.1^**	2.9 ± 0.1^***	3.0 ± 0.0^**
21	1.0 ± 0.0	2.7 ± 0.18^***	2.9 ± 0.1^***	2.9 ± 0.1^***	3.0 ± 0.0^***
	Vascularization
2	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0^#	1.6 ± 0.6^*	1.8 ± 0.3^*	1.6 ± 0.4^*
14	1.2 ± 0.4	1.7 ± 0.4	1.9 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.2	2.2 ± 0.2
21	1.5 ± 0.2	1.7 ± 0.1	1.9 ± 0.2	2.3 ± 0.3	2.5 ± 0.1^*
	Granulation
2	0.0 ± 0.0	0.6 ± 0.1^*	1.2 ± 0.0^***	1.5 ± 0.0^***	1.3 ± 0.1^***
14	1.4 ± 0.2	1.9 ± 0.1	2.0 ± 0.1^*	2.6 ± 0.1^***,#	2.8 ± 0.2^***,#
21	2.8 ± 0.0	2.8 ± 0.1	2.9 ± 0.1	2.9 ± 0.1	3.0 ± 0.1
	Inflammation
2	2.6 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.1	2.9 ± 0.1	2.8 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.1
14	2.9 ± 0.1	2.3 ± 0.2	2.3 ± 0.1^*	1.3 ± 0.2^***,###	1.2 ± 0.1^{***, ##}
21	2.3 ± 0.3	1.3 ± 0.1^*	1.3 ± 0.1^*	0.9 ± 0.1^**	0.9 ± 0.3^**
	Collagen deposition
2	1.2 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.1	1.3 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.2
14	2.2 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.1	2.8 ± 0.1^*	2.9 ± 0.1^**
21	2.3 ± 0.2	2.6 ± 0.1	2.7 ± 0.2	2.9 ± 0.1^*	3.0 ± 0.1^*
	Total score
2	1.0 ± 0.0	1.4 ± 0.1	1.2 ± 0.0	1.4 ± 0.1	1.5 ± 0.2
14	2.1 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.1	2.7 ± 0.1^**	3.3 ± 0.2^{***, #}	3.0 ± 0.1^***
21	2.4 ± 0.0	3.2 ± 0.1^**	3.3 ± 0.1^***	3.6 ± 0.1^***	3.9 ± 0.1^{***, # #}

Abbreviations: CON control, SSD silver sulfadiazine, AJE Ampelopsis japonica tuberous root ethanol extract. Values are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (n = 3–8). ^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.01, ^*** P < 0.001 vs. Control, ^# P < 0.05, ^## P < 0.01, ^### P < 0.001 vs. Vaseline