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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2021

Wound Healing Activity of

Abdulrahman E Koshak, Mardi M Algandaby, Mohammad I Mujallid, Ashraf B Abdel-Naim, Nabil A Alhakamy, Usama A Fahmy, Anas Alfarsi, Shaimaa M Badr-Eldin, Thikryat Neamatallah, Mohammed Z Nasrullah and 2 more

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A critical overview of challenging roles of medicinal plants in improvement of wound healing technology.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2024
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  3. Biological and Phytochemical Insights IntoFood science & nutrition · 2025
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  9. Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  12. Appraisal on the Wound Healing Potential ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdulrahman E KoshakDepartment of Natural Products and Alternative Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mardi M AlgandabyMedicinal Plants Research Group, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad I MujallidFaculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Ashraf B Abdel-NaimDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Nabil A AlhakamyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3826-1519
Usama A FahmyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Anas AlfarsiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Shaimaa M Badr-EldinDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Thikryat NeamatallahDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2762-7108
Mohammed Z NasrullahDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Hossam M AbdallahDepartment of Natural Products and Alternative Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0234-7492
Ahmed EsmatDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz University · SACairo University · EGAin Shams University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDelayed wound healing represents a common health hazard. Traditional herbal products have been often utilized to promote wound contraction. The current study aimed at assessing the wound healing activity of

methodsBased on droplet size, an optimized OFI-SNEDDS formula was prepared and used for subsequent evaluation. Wound healing activity of OFI and OFI-SNEDDS was studied in vivo.

resultsThe optimized OFI-SNEDDS formula droplet size was 50.02 nm. The formula exhibited superior healing activities as compared to regular OFI seed oil-treated rats at day 14 of wounding. This effect was further confirmed by histopathological examinations of H&E and Masson's Trichrome-stained skin sections. Moreover, OFI-SNEDDS showed the highest antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities as compared to OFI seed oil-treated animals. Both OFI and OFI-SNEDDS significantly enhanced hydroxyproline skin content and upregulated Col1A1 mRNA expression, accompanied by enhanced expression of transforming factor-beta (TGF-β). Further, OFI-SNEDDS improved angiogenesis as evidenced by increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).

conclusionOFI possesses wound healing properties that are enhanced by self-emulsification of the oil into nano-droplets. The observed activity can be attributed, at least partly, to its anti-inflammatory, pro-collagen and angiogenic properties.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAntioxidantsCollagen Type ICollagen Type I, alpha 1 ChainDrug Delivery SystemsEmulsionsHydroxyprolineMaleOpuntiaPlant OilsRatsRats, WistarSeedsSkinTransforming Growth Factor betaAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAntioxidantsCollagen Type ICollagen Type I, alpha 1 ChainEmulsionsHydroxyprolinePlant OilsTransforming Growth Factor betaVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Avascular endothelial growth factor A, ratOpuntia ficus-indicaratsSNEDDSTGF-βVEGFwound healing

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PMID34135583
PMCPMC8200171
OpenAlexW3167550818

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