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

Table 4

Proportion of type III collagen fibers in scar tissue of rats receiving Brassica oleracea and sunflower oil evaluated every 4 days for 20 days of treatment.

Treatments	Type III collagen fibers
	Day 0	Day 4	Day 8	Day 12	Day 16	Day 20
Balsam	8.90 ± 0.51	43.39 ± 0.77	42.23 ± 1.21	35.53 ± 0.91	28.62 ± 0.82	19.95 ± 0.53
Ointment	8.55 ± 0.52	43.19 ± 1.01	42.56 ± 0.95	34.23 ± 0.56	22.24 ± 0.54	18.76 ± 0.52
Sunflower	8.73 ± 0.44	21.71 ± 0.76	23.71 ± 1.00	20.13 ± 0.73	20.12 ± 1.71	11.70 ± 1.01
Sal	8.82 ± 0.45	20.57 ± 0.66	21.68 ± 0.76	16.92 ± 0.49	13.06 ± 0.69	11.85 ± 0.611

Balsam: Brassica oleracea oil; ointment: Brassica oleracea lanolin; sunflower oil: medium-chain triglycerides and linoleic acid; Sal: 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.