Evaluation of wound healing properties of Arrabidaea chica Verlot extract

• Published in: Journal of ethnopharmacology Vol. 118; no. 3; pp. 361 - 366
• Main Authors: Jorge, Michelle Pedroza, Madjarof, Cristiana, Ruiz, Ana Lúcia Tasca Gois, Fernandes, Alik Teixeira, Rodrigues, Rodney Alexandre Ferreira, de Oliveira Sousa, Ilza Maria, Foglio, Mary Ann, de Carvalho, João Ernesto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 13.08.2008
• Subjects: Animals; Antioxidant capacity; Antioxidants - pharmacology; Arrabidaea chica; Bignoniaceae; Bignoniaceae - chemistry; Collagen; Collagen - biosynthesis; Fibroblast; Fibroblasts - drug effects; Fibroblasts - physiology; Hydroxyproline - analysis; Male; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Wound healing; Wound Healing - drug effects; Antioxidant capacity; Wound healing; Bignoniaceae; Arrabidaea chica; Fibroblast; Collagen
• ISSN: 0378-8741; 1872-7573
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.04.024

Arrabidaea chica Verlot. (Bignoniaceae), popularly known as Crajiru, has been traditionally used as wound healing agent. Investigate in vitro and in vivo healing properties of Arrabidaea chica leaves extract (AC). AC was evaluated in vitro in fibroblast growth stimulation (0.25–250 μg/mL) and collagen production stimulation (250 μg/mL) assays. Allantoin (0.25–250 μg/mL) and vitamin C (25 μg/mL) were used as controls respectively. DPPH and Folin-Ciocalteau assays were used for antioxidant evaluation, using trolox (0.25–250 μg/mL) as reference antioxidant. To study wound healing properties in rats, AC (100 mg/mL, 200 μL/wound/day) was topically administered during 10 days and wound area was evaluated every day. Allantoin (100 mg/mL, 200 μL/wound/day) was used as standard drug. After treatment, wound sites were removed for histopathological analysis and total collagen determination. AC stimulated fibroblast growth in a concentration dependent way (EC 50 = 30 μg/mL), increased in vitro collagen production and demonstrated moderate antioxidant capacity. In vivo, AC reduced wound size in 96%, whereas saline group showed only 36% wound healing. AC efficiency seems to involve fibroblast growing stimulus and collagen synthesis both in vitro and in vivo, beyond moderate scavenging activity, corroborating Crajiru folk use.