Research Article

Preclinical Trial of Ocotea puberula (Rich.) Nees (“Canela-Guaicá”) in Wound Healing: Validation of a Traditional Medicine Practice Used by Indigenous Groups in Southern Brazil

Table 2

Histological scores of wounds throughout the experiment according to such criteria: inflammatory response, angiogenesis, and neocollagenesis for experimental groups at different time intervals.

Animal groupInflammatory response after 7 days of injuryAngiogenesis after 14 days of injuryNeocollagenesis after 21 days of injury
Mean ± SDMean ± SDMean ± SD

CGBE2.20 ± 0.33a2.40 ± 0.06a2.00 ± 0.71a
Negative control1.00 ± 0.00b1.60 ± 0.33b2.40 ± 0.55a
Positive control1.00 ± 0.00b1.20 ± 0.25b2.60 ± 0.55a

one-way nonparametric ANOVA (Kruskal–Wallis test); different letters on the columns indicate the statistical difference . Note. CGBE, “canela-guaicá” bark extract; SD, standard deviation.