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Abstract Title:

Healing efficacy of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) seed oil in an ovine burn wound model.

Abstract Source:

Burns. 2014 May ;40(3):511-9. Epub 2013 Sep 3. PMID: 24007892

Abstract Author(s):

Hiroshi Ito, Sven Asmussen, Daniel L Traber, Robert A Cox, Hal K Hawkins, Rhykka Connelly, Lillian D Traber, Timothy W Walker, Erik Malgerud, Hiroyuki Sakurai, Perenlei Enkhbaatar

Article Affiliation:

Hiroshi Ito

Abstract:

To investigate the efficacy of sea buckthorn (SBT) seed oil - a rich source of substances known to have anti-atherogenic and cardioprotective activity, and to promote skin and mucosa epithelization - on burn wound healing, five adult sheep were subjected to 3rd degree flame burns. Two burn sites were made on the dorsum of the sheep and the eschar was excised down to the fascia. Split-thickness skin grafts were harvested, meshed, and fitted to the wounds. The autograft was placed on the fascia and SBT seed oil was topically applied to one recipient and one donor site, respectively, with the remaining sites treated with vehicle. The wound blood flow (LASER Doppler), and epithelization (ultrasound) were determined at 6, 14, and 21 days after injury. 14 days after grafting, the percentage of epithelization in the treated sites was greater (95± 2.2% vs. 83 ± 2.9%, p<0.05) than in the untreated sites. Complete epithelization time was shorter in both treated recipient and donor sites (14.20± 0.48 vs. 19.60 ± 0.40 days, p<0.05 and 13.40± 1.02 vs. 19.60 ± 0.50 days, p<0.05, respectively) than in the untreated sites, confirmed by ultrasound. In conclusion, SBT seed oil has significant wound healing activity in full-thickness burns and split-thickness harvested wounds.

Study Type : Animal Study

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