Wound Study

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Wound is a case of injury that is often experienced by humans due to trauma with the occurrence of tissue damage. One type of injury is an injury caused by a sharp object such as a knife or a scalpel. Injuries can occur in diabetics. The Chinese castor plant (Jatropha multifida L.) has long been used to treat wounds. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of gel preparation and transdermal patch of ethyl acetate extract of J. multifida L. sticks to the length of wound closure, the percentage of wound healing and duration of diabetic incision healing wounds in terms of neocapilizer, fibroblast cell count and collagen density in mice. Methods were performed with gel application and patching of ethyl acetate extract patch of Chinese

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