EVALUATION OF WOUND HEALING ACTIVITY OF VELLAVARAI PINCHU (TENDER LEGUME OF Dolichos lablab) POWDER ON WISTAR ALBINO RATS
*Miss. M. Devamanojini, Dr. S. Janani
ABSTRACT
Wounds are unavoidable events of life. In Siddha medicine Wound known as Punn or Viranam. The term "punn" refers to any break in the integrity of the skin. An appropriate method for healing wounds is essential for the restoration of disrupted anatomical continuity and disturbed functional of the skin. Many medicinal plants are claimed to be useful for wound healing. These plant remedies have been used since ancient times but few of them have been evaluated scientifically. Stanza about general character of Tender legume of Dolichos lablab mentioned in the Siddha text book of Kunapadam was indicated that, Vellavari pinchu (Tender legume Dolichos lablab) plant can cure the wound, based on that I selected the Tender legume of this plant for the study hence the study focusses to Evaluate the Wound healing activity of Tender legume of Dolichos lablab on Wister albino rats and Compare the wound healing activity of Tender legume and Unripe Legume (Matured Legume) of Dolichos Lablab. In this study healing activity was studied for 14 days in four groups and Data was collected once in two days from each four groups. Data was converted into Bates-Jensen Wound assessment Tool. Statistical analysis was done by one way ANOVA for the circumference of wound. Tender legume of Dolichos lablab has Significant wound healing Activity (less than 0.05) and Unripe legume of Dolichos lablab show comparatively lower wound healing activity.
Keywords: Wound Healing Activity, Antioxidant activity, Dolichos lablab.
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