Days              Control              Standard (Ciphadin)              Ethanol extract
   Wound area % of wound contraction    Wound area % of wound contraction    Wound area % of wound contraction
0day 535 ± 18.3 (0.0%) -  508 ± 38.5 (0.0%) - 520 ± 34.3 (0.0%) -
3day 508 ± 21.0 (5.04%) 94.9  450 ± 34.4 (11.42%) 88.5 406 ± 29.1 (21.93%) 78.0
5day 460 ± 17.6 (14.01%) 85.9  320 ± 28.8a  (37.00%) 62.9 326 ± 32.8a (37.31%) 62.6
7day 400 ± 12.0 (25.23%) 74.7  264 ± 31.5a (48.03%) 51.9 194 ± 31.0b (62.69%) 37.3
9day 369 ± 16.5 (31.02%) 68.9 186 ± 25.2a (63.38%) 36.6 82 ± 35.4b (84.23%) 15.7
11day 309 ± 14.5 (42.24%) 57.7 104 ± 22.0b (79.52%) 20.4 48 ± 28.2b (90.77%) 9.2
13day 278 ± 13.3 (48.03%) 51.9 80 ± 18.4b (84.25%) 15.7 16 ± 10.4b (96.92%) 3.0
15day 208 ± 12.7 (61.12%) 38.8 46 ± 21.8b (90.94%) 9.0 6 ± 8.1b (98.85%) 1.1
17day 172 ± 10.2 (67.85%) 32.1 8 ± 7.1b (98.42%) 1.5 0.0b (100%) 0
19day 166.12.0 (68.97%) 31.0 0.0b (100%) 0 0.0b (100%) 0
Epithelization time (days)                  23                  17                  15
Values are mean ± SEM (n=6)
P values vs. respective control by Dunnet’s t-test: ap<0.01, bp<0.001.
Table 1: Effect of the ethanol extract of the leaves of Desmodium gyrans and standard ointment on percentage wound contraction and epithelialization period of excision wound model in rats.