Healing effect of &lt;i&gt;Sanguisorba officinalis&lt;/i&gt; L extract on second-degree burns in rats

Xin, Le; Fan, You-fen

doi:10.4314/tjpr.v16i5.11

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“…The back of the neck of each rat was shaved and one second-degree burn was created on each rat. A rectangular metal plate with an area of 3 cm 2 (2 cm × 1.5 cm) was heated to 80 °C and rested on the skin of the rat for 10 s [ 36 , 37 ]. Group 1 (the control sample) received no treatment and the wounded area was only washed with normal saline.…”

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Physically Crosslinked Chitosan/PVA Hydrogels Containing Honey and Allantoin with Long-Term Biocompatibility for Skin Wound Repair: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study

Koosha

Aalipour

Shirazi

et al. 2021

JFB

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Chitosan/PVA hydrogel films crosslinked by the freeze–thaw method and containing honey and allantoin were prepared for application as wound dressing materials. The effects of the freeze–thaw process and the addition of honey and allantoin on the swelling, the gel content and the mechanical properties of the samples were evaluated. The physicochemical properties of the samples, with and without the freeze–thaw process, were compared using FTIR, DSC and XRD. The results showed that the freeze–thaw process can increase the crystallinity and thermal stability of chitosan/PVA films. The freeze–thaw process increased the gel content but did not have a significant effect on the tensile strength. The presence of honey reduced the swelling and the tensile strength of the hydrogels due to hydrogen bonding interactions with PVA and chitosan chains. Long-term cell culture experiments using normal human dermal fibroblast (NHDF) cells showed that the hydrogels maintained their biocompatibility, and the cells showed extended morphology on the surface of the hydrogels for more than 30 days. The presence of honey significantly increased the biocompatibility of the hydrogels. The release of allantoin from the hydrogel was studied and, according to the Korsmeyer–Peppas and Weibull models, the mechanism was mainly diffusional. The results for the antimicrobial activity against E. coli and S. aureus bacteria showed that the allantoin-containing samples had a more remarkable antibacterial activity against S. aureus. According to the wound healing experiments, 98% of the wound area treated by the chitosan/PVA/honey hydrogel was closed, compared to 89% for the control. The results of this study suggest that the freeze–thaw process is a non-toxic crosslinking method for the preparation of chitosan/PVA hydrogels with long term biocompatibility that can be applied for wound healing and skin tissue engineering.

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confidence: 99%