Cedrus deodara: In Vivo Investigation of Burn Wound Healing Properties

Table 5

Histological features of burn wound healing with different experimental groups.

Groups	Epitheliogenesis score (n = 5)	Number of inflammatory cells (×10^3)^a	Neovascularization (blood vessels/5HPF)^a,b	Collagen density (%)^a,b
PC	0 (7 d)	128.0 ± 5.6 (7 d)	5.2 ± 0.8 (7 d)	29.4 ± 3.8 (7 d)
	1 (14 d)	74.0 ± 9.4 (14 d)	35.2 ± 7.3 (14 d)	39.8 ± 3.7 (14 d)
	4 (21 d)	27.4 ± 4.2 (21 d)	9.0 ± 2.0 (21 d)	50.6 ± 8.79 (21 d)
NC	0 (7 d)	138.6 ± 8.5^ns (7 d)	15.2 ± 3.0 (7 d)	34.4 ± 5.9^ns (7 d)
	0 (14 d)	116.2 ± 5.4 (14 d)	12.2 ± 3.2 (14 d)	30.6 ± 6.2^ns (14 d)
	1 (21 d)	64.8 ± 6.5 (21 d)	28.0 ± 4.8^ns (21 d)	31.2 ± 4.7 (21 d)
O	0 (7 d)	115.0 ± 10.5^ns (7 d)	8.6 ± 1.8^ns (7 d)	39.4 ± 4.8^ns (7 d)
	1 (14 d)	100.2 ± 12.2 (14 d)	7.2 ± 2.4 (14 d)	44.0 ± 10.9^ns (14 d)
	3 (21 d)	62.2 ± 6.6 (21 d)	18.6 ± 5.4^ns (21 d)	40.8 ± 7.7^ns (21 d)
P	0 (7 d)	113.0 ± 14.7^ns (7 d)	17.2 ± 2.9 (7 d)	45.0 ± 7.6 (7 d)
	2 (14 d)	87.8 ± 8.8^ns (14 d)	14.0 ± 2.7 (14 d)	74.0 ± 9.4 (14 d)
	4 (21 d)	17.8 ± 2.6 (21 d)	4.6 ± 1.7^ns (21 d)	74.2 ± 5.4 (21 d)

^aMean values within each group were compared with PC as the positive control: ns = not significant; , , and . ^bReported as mean ± SD.