Abstract

WOUND HEALING ACTIVITY OF FOENICULUM VULGARE IN SPRAGUE DAWLEY RATS.

Rajkumari Sahane*, Mitali Gokhale, Priyanka Nalawade

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the wound healing action ofaqueous extract of Foeniculum vulgare On Sprague Dawley rats usingexcision wound model. The plant was collected and authenticated. Thephytochemical investigation was done to investigate the presence ofvarious components. 2% and 7% aqueous extract was used fordetermining the wound healing action. Vaseline was used as controlwhile Mupirocin was used as standard. Post treatment the % woundcontraction and wound area was measured on 4th, 8th, 12th and 16th day.the results suggested significant decrease in wound area and Change in% wound contraction was significantly observed.

Keywords: Foeniculum vulgare, excision wound model, wound area, %wound contraction.