Ointment of Brassica oleracea var. capitata Matures the Extracellular Matrix in Skin Wounds of Wistar Rats

Table 3

Proportion of type I collagen fibers in scar tissue of rats receiving Brassica oleracea (balsam and ointment) and Helianthus annuus (sunflower oil) evaluated every 4 days for 20 days of treatment.

Treatments	Type I collagen fibers
	Day 0	Day 4	Day 8	Day 12	Day 16	Day 20
Balsam	24.45 ± 10.01	7.83 ± 0.39	14.23 ± 0.47	18.17 ± 0.45	21.62 ± 1.82	39.95 ± 3.23
Ointment	27.55 ± 12.62	7.19 ± 0.78	15.14 ± 0.49	17.53 ± 0.56	21.45 ± 1.73	30.76 ± 3.52
Sunflower	25.99 ± 14.78	6.27 ± 0.87	7.36 ± 0.78	15.58 ± 1.33	17.12 ± 1.71	21.70 ± 4.71
Control	25.88 ± 13.82	2.69 ± 0.58	3.68 ± 0.46	7.26 ± 0.70	9.40 ± 0.57	11.20 ± 4.71

Balsam: Brassica oleracea oil; ointment: Brassica oleracea lanolin; sunflower oil: Helianthus annuus; control: 0.9% saline; , statistically different compared to the control group; , statistically different compared to the sunflower oil. Day 0 represents the unharmed tissue. Data are represented as mean and standard deviation (mean ± S.D.). Kruskal-Wallis test.