TY - JOUR AU - Mustaffa, Fazlina AU - Parasuraman, Subramani AU - Sahgal, Geethaa PY - 2021/01/29 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Wound Healing Activity of Herbal Ointment Containing the Extracts of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Flowers and Curcuma longa Rhizomes JF - Free Radicals and Antioxidants JA - Free Rad. Antiox. VL - 10 IS - 2 SE - Short Communication DO - 10.5530/fra.2020.2.15 UR - https://www.antiox.org/index.php/fra/article/view/295 SP - 86-88 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate wound healing activity of herbal ointment containing the extracts of<em> Hibiscus rosa-sinensis</em> flowers and <em>Curcuma longa</em> rhizomes. <strong>Methodology:</strong><em> H. rosa-sinensis</em> flowers and <em>C. longa</em> rhizomes were extracted using 95% ethanol. <em>H. rosa-sinensis </em>and<em> Hibiscus rosa-sinensis&nbsp;</em>ointment were prepared using paraffin wax, lanolin and petroleum jelly. Ointment formulation was applied once daily on the excision wound made on Sprague Dawley rats for 20 days. <strong>Results: </strong>On day 20, the treatment group showed a significant increase in wound contraction which was 93.52 ± 1.38% when compared to control (87.62 ± 1.48%). <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Herbal ointment exhibited significant wound healing activity in rat excision wound model.</p> ER -