Abstracto

Evaluation of wound healing activity of polyherbal formulation ofroots of TerminaliaArjuna

M. Ismail Shareef, P. Jagan Mohan Reddy, S. M. Gopinath, K. S. Dayananda, Ajay Mandal,Purushotham K.M

The present study was aim to investigate the possible effect of Terminaliaarjunaroot extract on wound healing and is also include a comparable study of effect of polyherbal formulation containing Terminaliaarjuna, Ficusreligiosa,Curcuma longa and Tamarindusindica, on wound healing process with respect to intact plant formulation through topical route. The wound healing property of Terminaliaarjunaappears to be due to the presence of its active principles,which accelerates the healing process and confers breaking strength to the healed wound. Further, wound healing activity by polyherbal formulation was found to be better than ageratum treated groups in rat. It may be attributed to the synergistic action of ageratum constituent and the constituent of other plants present in the polyherbal formulation