A Review On Wound Healing Activity Of Medicinal Plants

Abstract

This paper presents a review of plants identified from various ethno botanical surveys with Wound healing activity. Wound is defined as the disruption of the cellular and anatomic continuity of a tissue. Wound may be produced by physical, chemical, thermal, microbial or immunological insult to the tissues. Wound healing is a dynamic and normal biological process involving fibroblast activation and migration, re-epithelization, proliferation of endothelial cells, and angiogenesis, which are accompanied by inflammatory response and oxidative reactions in the damaged area. Herbs have been integral to traditional and non -traditional forms of medicine dating back at least 5000 years. The enduring popularity of herbal medicines may be explained by the perception that herbs cause minimal unwanted side effects. This review discuss about Wound healing  potential of plants, its botanical name, Common name, family, part used and type of wound for which they are used, which are helpful for researcher to development new Wound healing formulations  for human use.