Table 1.

Effect of topical application of the test materials on the rate of wound closure in excision wound model

Experimental groups	Excision wound model (% of wound contraction in days) (Mean±SEM)
	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16
Control	15.90±3.77	21.77±7.01	22.98±6.65	35.37±5.11	55.49±8.47	79.33±2.65	87.19±1.69	87.87±0.59
Honey	17.65±6.13	23.43±3.78	36.89±3.78	44.31±9.62	74.90±5.3§	85.05±3.14	87.78±2.18	90.58±1.84
Ghee	14.26±3.74	15.54±2.95	32.91±5.85	64.68±2.78§	74.92±2.05§	86.55±1.58*	88.90±0.75	91.04±2.06
H+G	16.43±3.23	29.68±3.68	46.58±1.97*	63.01±3.13§	78.71±1.84§	88.75±2.06§	92.19±0.86*	93.89±0.56§
GG	16.67±3.57	24.13±1.91	35.29±3.97	51.81±3.64	79.46±1.35§	86.19±0.49	90.35±0.95	92.22±1.41
NI	11.76±2.52	20.54±2.34	42.96±8.38*	41.44±7.58	76.26±2.83§	82.54±1.12	85.95±1.28	90.29±0.87
Tot	34.38±2.78§	41.49±2.67§	52.02±3.86§	68.48±4.79§	82.09±0.84§	91.19±0.94§	94.52±0.51§	94.96±0.25§

^*p<0.05 vs control

^§p<0.01 vs control