Formulation and Evaluation of Wound Healing Effect of Aqueous Herbal Cream Containing Various Extracts of Passiflora foetida Linn., Leaves

Abstract

Wounds are a major cause of concern for the patient and clinician alike; chronic Wounds affect a large number of patients and seriously reduce their quality of life. Wound healing is the process of repair that follows injury to the skin and other soft tissues. A cream is a preparation of a medication for topical use that contains a water base. Essentially, it is a preparation of oil in water. Herbal remedies used in folk medicine provide an interesting and still largely unexplored source for the creation and development of potentially new drugs, which might help to overcome the growing problem of resistance and also the toxicity of the currently available commercial antibiotics. In this study we have formulated an Aqueous herbal cream satisfying almost all pharmaceutical parameters which shows better wound healing activity. The wound healing of effect of Aqueous Herbal cream of various extracts of leaves of Passiflora foetida L. was evaluated by incision and excision wound model. The experimental results and histopathological studies showed that Aqueous Herbal Cream of Passiflora foetida L. leaves exhibits significant wound healing property as compared to control group of animals.