Powder and chloroform and ether extract ointments of Curcuma longa and Hellianthus annus were evaluated in the treatment of open wounds in buffalo calves. The study revealed better wound contraction and epithelialization in wounds treated with ether extract ointment of C. longa followed byether extract ointment of H. annus. Per cent healings tissue hydroxyproline, collagen and elastin were significantly higher in wounds treated by ether extract ointment of C. longa followed by H. annus (ether extract). The wounds treated with ether extract ointment of C. longa showed comparatively low value of tissue hexosamine as compared to that in wounds treated with the similar preparation of H. annus and other preparations of both the plants.
Tissue healing is an important process, which is the basis of various surgical manipulations. It can be enhanced by using several herbal drugs having antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and biostimulator property. There are certain plants, which are proved helpful in wound healing, fracture healing and healing of nervous tissue in animals.
ABSTRACTUNC-45A is an ubiquitously expressed protein highly conserved throughout evolution. Most of what we currently know about UNC-45A pertains to its role as a regulator of the actomyosin system...