A.reticulata leaf extract accelerates cutaneous wound healing.
(A) Shows full thickness excisional wounds from untreated/treated mice which were monitored on day 1, 3, 5, 7 and 14 post wounding and the corresponding images were taken with a digital camera (Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80. Scale bar = 4 mm. (B) The wound areas were calculated using ImageJ software and plotted against number of days post wounding. Results are expressed as mean ± SD; n = 6; * (P < 0.05), ** (P < 0.01), and *** (P < 0.001) in comparison to control. (C) Representative images of histological analysis of wound tissue by haematoxylin (H) and eosin (E) staining. Tissue sections from the wound milieu at different post wounding days (3, 7 and 14) in treated, un-treated and positive control (povidone iodine ointment) animals. Original magnification 100X, scale bar-50μm. Inset in higher magnification (400X and scale bar-10μm). Described in detail in the result section; sub-section −5.5.