Acute Wound Healing Potential of Marine Worm, Diopatra claparedii Grube, 1878 Aqueous Extract on Sprague Dawley Rats

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Wound healing percentage of different treatment groups measured on days 3, 7, 11, and 14 after wounding. The wound contraction was measured as percentage reduction from original wound size. Seven treatment groups were tested which were 0.1%, 0.5%, and 1.0% of polychaete ointment (PO), gamat (15%), acriflavine (0.1%), cetomacrogol emulsifying ointment (negative control), and untreated group. The result showed that wound treated with 1.0% PO demonstrated rapid wound closure as compared to other treatment groups. Data are mean ± SEM (n = 5). The significance difference was analysed using one-way ANOVA.  < 0.05 was compared between 1.0% PO, negative control, and untreated group.