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Wound healing is the repair process of injury on the skin and other soft tissues. After injury, an inflammatory response occurs and tissue cells below the dermis begin to increase collagen formation. Later, the epithelial tissue is regenerated. There are three stages of wound healing process: inflammation, proliferation and remodeling. Traditionally, Ficus benghalensis plant has been used for wound healing but no clear scientific data are available related to this activity. The present work was designed to explore the wound-healing efficacy of petroleum, ethanolic and aqueous extracts of F. benghalensis leaves as evaluated on excision wound models. These leaves extracts were studied for their phytochemicals by means of different chemical tests. Parameters studied include the rate of wound contraction and period of complete epithelialization of incision wound. Student’s t-test was used to analyze the results obtained from this study and confidence level P < 0.05 was considered significant. All the petroleum, ethanolic and aqueous extracts of F. benghalensis leaves were found to possess significant wound-healing activity, which was evidenced by decrease in the period of epithelialization and increase in the rate of wound contraction. The obtained results showed that all extracts of F. benghalensis leaves were capable of accelerated wound-healing activity comparable with a control drug.

To the article “Standardization and Wound-Healing Activity of Petroleum, Ethanolic and Aqueous Extracts of Ficus Benghalensis Leaves,” by Mohd Imran, Jyoti Nanda Sharma, Mehnaz Kamal, and Mohammad Asif, Vol. 54, No. 10, pp. 1057 – 1062, January, 2021

Achyranthes aspera L. (Amaranthaceae) is used traditionally in Indian system of medicine as diuretic, astringent, purgative, anticancer, dropsy, piles, and skin eruptions. To explore anti-atherosclerotic potential of crude saponins and ethanol extract of A. aspera seeds husk on hyperlipidemic diet induced rats model was used to increase the lipid profile. After 2 weeks, all the animals showed symptoms of hyperlipidemia and were treated with 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg ethanol extract (EE) respectively, while saponins (SAPN) at a dose of 10 mg/kg by gavage for 28 days. Serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL), serum glucose and atherogenic index (A.I.) level were estimated on 0th, 14th and 42th day by using autoanalyser. EE of husks decreases TC 40.71-46.77 %, TG 23.95-37.27 %, LDL 56.49-65.50 %, serum glucose 17.48-25.54 % and A.I. 51.27-77.05 % significantly (P