Fig. 1.

Partial thickness burn wounds at PBD 7 and 42.

Macroscopic overview of partial thickness contact burn wounds on the dorsum of male Wistar rats. The animals were divided into 3 groups: control (n = 13), systemic Captopril (10 mg/kg/day, n = 13) and topical 5% Captopril (n = 13), Randomly chosen pictures of the burn wounds from 3 animals at PBD 7. All treatment groups showed similar healing of the burn wounds. Within the different treatment groups there is a variety in appearance of the burn wounds, from brown to white-yellow. B) Randomly chosen pictures of the scars from 3 animals at PBD 42. No differences were observed between the scars of the control group and group systemically treated with Captopril for 14 days. However the topical administration seemed to have negative effects on wound healing.