Healing Of Cuts Research Articles

Testing the Effectiveness of Ethanol Extract of Horse Whip Leaves (Stachytarpheta Jamaicensis L.) towards Wounds in Mice (Mus musculus)

The horse whip leaves plant (Stachytarpheta jamaincensis) is an annual herbaceous shrub. Cuts are wounds that occur due to cuts by instruments or sharps objects. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the ethanol extract of horse whip leaves on the healing of cuts in mice (Mus musculus) and the most effective concentration for healing cuts in mice. Design This study uses laboratory experimental methods. The sample used for each experimental group was 5 mice with a total of 5 groups, so this study used 25 mice with 3 treatments, namely the treatment (positive control (+), negative control (-), 25%, 50%, 75%). All data is tabulated and statistically analyzed with ANOVA. The conclusion shows that the concentration of horsetail leaf extract at a concentration of 75% is the most effective in healing cuts in mice when compared to horsetail leaf extract at concentrations of 50% and 25% in terms of the average percentage of healing from day 1 to day 7.

Genus Lepisanthes: Unravelling Its Botany, Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Properties.

Extensive knowledge related to medicinal characteristics of plants by living in forest or semi-forest habitats and close observations of indigenous communities have led to the discoveries of the genus Lepisanthes and its traditional uses. The genus Lepisanthes is a member of the Sapindaceae family and is found in various regions of the world. Six species of Lepisanthes such as L. alata, L. amoena, L. fruticosa, L. senegalensis, L. rubiginosa, and L. tetraphylla are widely utilized in traditional and folk medicinal systems. They have been used for centuries for the treatment of ailments or symptoms such as pain, dizziness, high fever, frequent passing of watery stool (diarrhea), abscess, and healing of cuts and wounds. Various methodological approaches, mainly in vitro studies, have been employed to further explore the roles of the genus Lepisanthes. The studies identified that the genus Lepisanthes exerts beneficial effects such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, antihyperglycemic, antimalarial, analgesic, and antidiarrheal. However, the summary of the available literature remains inconclusive. This review aims to comprehensively address the botany, traditional uses, phytochemistry, methods, and pharmacological properties of the six commonly used Lepisanthes species. Hence, our review provides a scientific consensus that may be essential in translating the pharmacological properties of the genus Lepisanthes into future novel cost-effective medicines.

Uji Dan Penetuan Efek Ekstrak Putik Sawo (Manilkara zapota L.) Terhadap Penyembuhan Luka Sayat Pada Mencit Putih Jantan

Research has been carried out to test and determine the effects of ethanol extract of sapodilla pistil (Manilkara zapota L.) on the healing of cuts in male white mice. From the statistical tests that have been carried out, it results that the data is normally distributed which is calculated using the Liliford test, while the ANOVA test shows no significant difference between the test substance groups at 5% concentration, 10% concentration and 20% concentration, with the conclusion that the ethanol extract of sapodilla pistil has an effect on the healing of cuts and accelerates the healing of cuts at a concentration of 5% compared to 10% and 20%.

The Effectiveness of 80% Kefir Gel Against The Overview The Number of Fibroblasts in Healing Cuts Mice (Mus Musculus)

Several sources cause skin tissue damage. Kefir probiotics, made from fermented cow's milk, are believed to remove scars during use. Kefir involves a series of immune processes, acute and chronic inflammatory processes, cell division cell migration, chemotaxis, and various differentiations. This research determines the histopathological fibroblast cells in the wound healings in mice (Mus musculus) given 80% kefir probiotic. The method of research was the posttest-only control group experimental design. Mus musculus aged eight weeks with a bodyweight of 18-40 grams were taken in two groups randomly with 32 Mice. The result is that fibroblasts in the negative control group had a smaller mean of 10,25 compared to the mean number of fibroblast cells in the 80% Kefir group, which was 25,18. Thus, it was proven that the effectiveness of Kefir probiotics of wound healing in mice (Mus musculus) was given 80% kefir probiotic (p=0,000 <0.05). There is an effect of kefir probiotic on the healing of cuts in mice based on the calculation of the number of fibroblast cells.

Preliminary sub-acute toxicological assessment of methanol leaves extract of Culcasia angolensis (Araceae) in Wistar rats

BackgroundThe plant Culcasia angolensis (Araceae) has diverse ethnomedicinal uses, including the management of rheumatic pain, healing of cuts, dislocations, and bruises. Despite its potential therapeutic uses, the toxicity profile of Culcasia angolensis has not been evaluated. This study assessed the sub-acute toxicity effects of Culcasia angolensis leaves extract (CAE). The phytochemical determination of the CAE was conducted as per the standard protocols. The median lethal dose (LD50) was determined using the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 423 guideline. Besides, the sub-acute toxic effects of the CAE (125, 250, and 500 mg/kg) were investigated following administration of the CAE daily for 28 consecutive days as per the OECD 407 guideline. The weekly body weights were recorded. The animals were euthanized on the 29th day, and blood samples were obtained for haematological and biochemical investigations. The heart, kidney, liver, and lungs were collected for histological examinations. Besides, the relative organ weights (ROW) were determined.ResultsThe CAE contains cardiac glycosides, alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, steroids, saponins, and terpenoids. The oral LD50 was above 5 g/kg. There was a remarkable decline in the weekly body weight at all the CAE doses. The CAE increased the lymphocytes, aspartate transaminase, and urea. However, the levels of alanine transaminase and alkaline phosphatase were elevated remarkably. The histological studies did not reveal any serious organs abnormalities.ConclusionThe CAE is relatively safe on acute administration. However, it may be slightly toxic on sub-acute administration, especially to the liver and kidney.

Uji Aktivitas Ekstrak Etanol Daun Singkong (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Terhadap Penyembuhan Luka Pada Kelinci

An incision is an injury caused by direct contact of the body with sharp objects. Cassava leaves (Manihot esculenta Crantz) are a medicinal plant known to contain compounds that play a role in wound healing, such as vitamin C, flavonoids, triterpenoids, tannins and saponins. This study aims to determine the effect of ethanol extract of cassava leaves on the healing of cuts in rabbits. The ethanol extract of cassava leaves was prepared by maceration using 70% ethanol as a solvent. The wound healing test in rabbits was divided into 5 treatment groups, namely the positive control, the negative control, and test groups were given ethanol extract of cassava leaves concentration of 5%, 10% and 20%. Making an incision using a scalpel which is sliced into the back of the rabbit for 5 incisions. Rabbits were observed every day for one week with statistical analysis One Way ANOVA test followed by LSD test with Post Hoc Test. The ethanol extract of cassava leaves with a concentration of 5% 10% and 20% has the effect of wound healing.The concentration of 5% is (9.71 ± 0.17)%, the concentration of 10% is (17.19 ± 0.05)%, and a concentration of 20% is (23.24 ± 0.04)%. The results of the LSD test with the Post Hoc Test showed that there was no significant difference between the ethanol extract of 20% cassava leaves and the positive control, which means that the ethanol extract of cassava leaves can be used as wound healing in rabbits.

Salep Ekstrak Daun Kersen Meningkatkan Kepadatan Kolagen dan Mempercepat Penyembuhan Luka Sayat pada Kulit Mencit Hiperglikemia

This study aims to determine the effect of Muntingia calabura‘s leaves extract ointment on the healing of cuts in the skin of hyperglycemic mice in terms of collagen density. This study used 24 male mice (Mus musculus) with alloxan induced hyperglycemia (150 mg/kg body weight) intraperitoneal. Skin incisions are made on the back using a scalpel with a length of ± 15 mm and a depth reaching the subcutaneous. The experimental animals were randomly divided into four treatments and each treatment consisted of six replications, namely the control was given a placebo, and the treatment of cherry leaf extract ointment with a concentration of 30%, 40%, and 50%. The process of wound healing was observed histopathological with collagen density parameters. Based on the results, there was an increase in collagen density in each treatment. The mean collagen density in treatment (T) 0% (T0) 0.60; at treatment 30% (T1) 0.73; at treatment 40% (T3) 1,46; at 50% treatment (T3) was 2.20. The results of the study through the Kruskal Wallis test stated that the cherry leaf extract ointment had a very significant effect on the healing of the incision wound of hyperglycemic mice as seen from the density of collagen. We conclude that the administration of 50% cherry leaf extract ointment is the most effective in accelerating the healing of the hyperlycemic mice incision wounds in terms of collagen density.

Bioactivity of Torch Ginger Umbut Extract (Etlingera elatior) Against Heal Wounds of Mice (Mus musculus)

Torch ginger has a wide range of good antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, larvicidal and repellent activities. Active compounds in Torch ginger that affect pharmacological activities are phenols, polyphenols, flavonoids, and terpenoids. Based on these ingredients Torch ginger can be used to heal wounds. This study aims to observe the effect of Torch ginger Umbut extract on wound healing in mice. This study hopes to add information about the effect of Torch ginger umbut extract on the healing of cuts in mice so that it can be another alternative for wound healing and can be a reference for other researchers. This study used a completely randomized design with 5 treatments and 3 replications. Tests carried out on adult male mice. The results showed that the optimal wound healing in P2 is treatment with 10% Torch ginger umbut extract which requires a range of wound healing 7-8 days. Based on these results, Torch ginger umbut extract can heal wounds.

EFEKTIVITAS PENYEMBUHAN LUKA SAYAT MENGGUNAKAN SALEP EKSTRAK ETANOL DAUN SENGGANI (Melastoma malabathricum L.) PADA KELINCI

Senggani plants also have a reddish purple flower, ripe fruit will break the color purple and reddish brown beans. However, the utilization of senggani leaves is still not getting attention, therefore, to increase the economic value and utilization of this plant, senggani leaf can be formulated in the extract ointment of senggani leaf ethanol to healing the cut on the rabbit so it is expected to give healing effect on the rabbit wound.The purpose of this research is to know the concentration of ethanol extract of senggani leaf in the formulation of the ointment which is most effective in healing the rabbit wound in rabbit and to know the ointment ratio of ethanol extract of senggani leaves with betadine ointment .The samples in this study were extract from senggani leaf extracted by maceration using 80% ethanol solvent and formulated in ointment preparation using ingredients of adeps lanae and vaseline album. All data were tested statistically using ANOVA ONE WAY.Preparation of ointment extract of ethanol senggani leaf can accelerate the healing process of the wound and the most effective is the syrup leaf extract of 50% with an average healing for 11 days while betadine ointment does not experience healing until day 14.Indicating differences between treatment groups were more effective in healing of cuts on rabbits and 50% extracts of ethanol extracts of senggani leaf were more effective than with betadine ointment.

Synthesis of mechanically strong waterborne poly(urethane-urea)s capable of self-healing at elevated temperatures

Although various chemistries have been introduced into polyurethanes in order to obtain self-healing abilities, implementing these materials in applications requiring high strength is challenging as strong materials imply a limited molecular motion, but without movement of polymer chains self-healing is not possible. Here, waterborne poly(urethane-urea)s (PU(U)s) based on aromatic disulfide compounds are developed which balance these contradictory requirements by presenting good mechanical properties at room temperature, while showing the mobility necessary for healing when moderately heated. The influence of hard monomers on the stability and mobility of the materials is investigated by scratch closure, cut healing and rheological measurements, so that the limits of the readily available aromatic disulfide compounds, bis(4-aminophenyl)- and bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)disulfide, can be determined. Subsequently, a modified aromatic disulfide compound, bis[4-(3′-hydroxypropoxy)phenyl]disulfide, with increased reactivity, solubility and flexibility is synthesized and incorporated into the PU backbone, so that materials with more attractive mechanical properties, reaching ultimate tensile strengths up to 23 MPa, and self-healing abilities at elevated temperatures could be obtained.

Reduced Graphene Oxide-Reinforced Polymeric Films with Excellent Mechanical Robustness and Rapid and Highly Efficient Healing Properties.

The fabrication of nanofiller-reinforced intrinsic healable polymer composite films with both excellent mechanical robustness and highly efficient healability is challenging because the mobility of the polymer chains is suppressed by the incorporated nanofillers. In this study, we exploit the reversible host-guest interactions between nanofillers and the matrix polymer films and report the fabrication of intrinsically healable, reduced graphene oxide (RGO)-reinforced polymer composite films capable of conveniently and repeatedly healing cuts of several tens of micrometers wide. The healable films can be prepared via layer-by-layer assembly of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) with complexes of branched poly(ethylenimine) grafted with ferrocene (bPEI-Fc) and RGO nanosheets modified with β-cyclodextrin (RGO-CD) (denoted as bPEI-Fc&RGO-CD). The as-prepared PAA/bPEI-Fc&RGO-CD films are mechanically robust with a Young's modulus of 17.2 ± 1.9 GPa and a hardness of 1.00 ± 0.30 GPa. The healing process involves two steps: (i) healing of cuts in an oxidation condition in which the host-guest interactions between bPEI-Fc and RGO-CD nanosheets are broken and the cuts on the films are healed; and (ii) reconstruction of host-guest interactions between bPEI-Fc and RGO-CD nanosheets via reduction to restore the original mechanical robustness of the films.

Treatment of the Lesser Ailments of Aging: Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors

Along with various major illnesses or chronic afflictions, the elderly may also have minor complaints. These include general muscle weakness, cold intolerance; transient memory lapses for a name or word, wrinkled skin, and the slow healing of cuts and bruises. These five symptoms and signs are grouped together here because they may have a common vascular basis, which is the reduction of capillaries throughout the body in the elderly. This reduction is due to diminished levels of angiogenic growth factors, as reported in both aged people and animals. Recombinant forms of these factors given parenterally have elicited capillary production (angiogenesis) in numerous experimental studies and if chronically administered to the elderly, might, in theory, ease their lesser ailments. Angiogenesis has also been elicited in animal tissues by type-5 phosphodiesterase inhibitors - sildenafil (Viagra) and tadalafil (Cialis). These are widely prescribed orally for their vasodilatory effect. Tadalafil is discussed here as a potential proangiogenesis agent for modulating the lesser ailments of aging and possibly influencing the clinical course of senile dementias, such as AD.

Reducing the risk of skin pathologies in diabetics by using copper impregnated socks

Diabetic individuals frequently suffer from skin pathologies, especially in their feet. Co-existing peripheral vascular disease and neuropathy exacerbate the capacity of these individuals to cope with infections, minor cuts and wounds, often leading to hard to treat and chronic ulcers. Copper has potent anti-fungal and antibacterial properties. Copper is also an essential trace element vital for the normal function of many tissues and indispensable for the generation of new capillaries and skin. Human skin is not sensitive to copper and the risk of adverse reactions due to dermal exposure to copper is extremely low. We hypothesize that part of the increased risk of developing foot skin pathologies in diabetic patients with compromised blood circulation to the foot is due to low local copper levels. We further hypothesize that copper ions released from copper impregnated socks and absorbed through the skin would improve the well-being of the skin of diabetic patients by inducing angiogenesis and expression and stabilization of extracellular skin proteins, in addition to their biocidal effect of reducing the risk of fungal and bacterial infection of the diabetic foot. Thus, the use of copper impregnated socks may be used as a preventive modality. Furthermore, we hypothesize that the copper released from the socks may even be beneficial in the healing of cuts, wounds and even hard to treat skin pathologies.

La roca magica: uses of natural zeolites in agriculture and industry.

For nearly 200 years since their discovery in 1756, geologists considered the zeolite minerals to occur as fairly large crystals in the vugs and cavities of basalts and other traprock formations. Here, they were prized by mineral collectors, but their small abundance and polymineralic nature defied commercial exploitation. As the synthetic zeolite (molecular sieve) business began to take hold in the late 1950s, huge beds of zeolite-rich sediments, formed by the alteration of volcanic ash (glass) in lake and marine waters, were discovered in the western United States and elsewhere in the world. These beds were found to contain as much as 95% of a single zeolite; they were generally flat-lying and easily mined by surface methods. The properties of these low-cost natural materials mimicked those of many of their synthetic counterparts, and considerable effort has made since that time to develop applications for them based on their unique adsorption, cation-exchange, dehydration-rehydration, and catalytic properties. Natural zeolites (i.e., those found in volcanogenic sedimentary rocks) have been and are being used as building stone, as lightweight aggregate and pozzolans in cements and concretes, as filler in paper, in the take-up of Cs and Sr from nuclear waste and fallout, as soil amendments in agronomy and horticulture, in the removal of ammonia from municipal, industrial, and agricultural waste and drinking waters, as energy exchangers in solar refrigerators, as dietary supplements in animal diets, as consumer deodorizers, in pet litters, in taking up ammonia from animal manures, and as ammonia filters in kidney-dialysis units. From their use in construction during Roman times, to their role as hydroponic (zeoponic) substrate for growing plants on space missions, to their recent success in the healing of cuts and wounds, natural zeolites are now considered to be full-fledged mineral commodities, the use of which promise to expand even more in the future.