Wound Healing Potential of Ipomoea carnea Jacq. An Un Explored Herb Used in Indian Traditional System of Medicine
Wounds can be major causes of physical disabilities and may lead to losses of many productive man hours [1] Wounds are essentially the disruption of functional continuity of cells and tissues at the site of injury, and can be caused by insults to the tissue sites by physical, chemical, microbiological or immunological process [2] Humans and all animals have in situ capabilities of healing wounds in their body parts through continuous tissue repair and tissue regeneration [3] However, such capabilities are impaired by age, stress situation, obesity, sex, life style, conditions of health and immunity status, severity and types of wounds, patient's medication status, disastrous nature of the assault environment around the site of the wounds and potentials of serious microbial infection [4]