ABSTRACT
Plants are the source of many biologically active products and nowadays they are of great interest to the pharmaceutical industry. The plant kingdom still holds many species of plants containing substances of medicinal value which have yet to be discovered. Another important aspect of interest in plant drug research is the new concept of "No Specifically Increased Resistance" [NSIR] of an animal to diseases attributes to other substances, besides the active principles responsible for specific biological activity. In this work, we studied different ash values of dried stem powders and wound healing activity [excision wound model] of stem juice of Musa paradisiaca Linn. [Musaceae]. Our study revealed that the stem juice of Musa paradisiaca Linn. has considerable wound healing activity when compared with the standard drug Nitrofurazone
ABSTRACT
Effect of formulated cream of leaf volatile oil of Atalantia monophylla Correa. for wound healing and antimicrobial activity [bacteria and fungi] were evaluated. The volatile oil was distilled from leaves by using hydrodistillation method. The 2% and 5% cream was prepared by using base [stearic acid, potassium hydroxide, cetostearyl alcohol, liquid paraffin, petroleum jelly, propyl paraben sodium, methyl paraben sodium and glycerin]. The cream showed very good wound healing activity by excision wound method in rats compared to that of standard drug Nitrofurazone. The antimicrobial activity of 2% femulated cream was also carried out by standard cup plate technique using Ciprofloxacin and Nystatin as standard drugs for bacteria and fungi respectively