Table 3.
Wound healing activity of A. pterocarpoides leaf and stem bark extracts.
| Treatment Group |
Percentage (%) wound closure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 3 | Day 6 | Day 9 | Day 12 | Day 15 | Day 18 | Day 21 | |
| APL 5 | 26.90 ± 6.90 | 52.23 ± 4.41 | 64.45 ± 9.54 | 81.30 ± 5.86 | 81.96 ± 7.55 | 88.67 ± 5.05 | 99.06 ± 4.17 b |
| APL 10 | 5.89 ± 1.09 | 15.64 ± 4.74 | 65.93 ± 5.47 | 90.03 ± 2.01 | 91.56 ± 3.85 | 93.67 ± 3.37 | 99.68 ± 6.16 b |
| APL 15 | 5.43 ± 0.57 | 10.072 ± 4.70 | 55.17 ± 9.75 | 72.59 ± 13.49 | 83.90 ± 12.15 | 89.19 ± 8.34 | 95.92 ± 5.88 c |
| APS 5 | 16.39 ± 2.63 | 39.36 ± 4.11 | 62.10 ± 6.61 | 75.17 ± 6.85 | 78.32 ± 5.86 | 85.32 ± 12.1 | 95.45 ± 6.79 c |
| APS 10 | 10.14 ± 1.14 | 27.51 ± 3.38 | 71.13 ± 6.31 | 79.78 ± 4.39 | 89.56 ± 2.83 | 94.66 ± 4.15 | 99.59 ± 7.06b |
| APS 15 | 18.87 ± 2.97 | 52.39 ± 2.85 | 64.44 ± 6.58 | 83.93 ± 6.81 | 90.95 ± 7.85 | 94.68 ± 7.77 | 100.00 a |
| SSD 1% | 14.62 ± 1.63 | 47.39 ± 2.01 | 80.91 ± 6.77 | 85.91 ± 5.46 | 97.47 ± 10.59 | 100.00 | 100.00a |
| NS | 0.61 ± 0.06 | 22.52 ± 3.03 | 41.06 ± 2.64 | 62.45 ± 1.60 | 67.37 ± 2.89 | 76.11 ± 6.77 | 79.82 ± 6.94 |
APL: A. pterocarpoides MeOH leaf extract; APS: A. pterocarpoides MeOH stem bark extract; NS: normal saline; SSD: silver sulphadiazine; [a: p < 0.005; b: p < 0.01; c: p < 0.05- compared to the negative control].