Protective effect of Myrtle (Myrtus communis) on burn induced skin injury.
RatBurnScaldWistar albinoOral or topical100 mg/kg/dayStarted after burn injury
Model: Scald burn produced by immersing shaved dorsal skin in a 90 degree Celsius water bath for 10 seconds under ether anaesthesia
Burn injury lowered glutathione, superoxide dismutase, catalase, tissue factor and nitric oxide and raised malondialdehyde, and myrtle extract given orally or topically reversed these changes and the histopathological damage, except nitric oxide in the topical group.
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