Bioactive Bandage from SHIVAN PLANT (Gambhari): A Natural Alternative for Wound Healing

Pharmacy

Gmelina arborea Roxb belonging to family Lamiaceae. It is a fast growing deciduous tree, having vast medicinal importance and is one of the ingredients of dashamoola used in Ayurveda. Wound dressings and devices form an important segment of the medical and pharmaceutical wound care market worldwide. In the past, traditional dressings such as natural or synthetic bandages, cotton wool, lint and gauzes all with varying degrees of absorbency were used for the management of wounds. Their primary function was to keep the wound dry by allowing evaporation of wound exudates and preventing entry of harmful bacteria into the wound. It has now been shown however, that having a warm moist wound environment achieves more rapid and successful wound healing. Leaf constants like stomatal variety, stomatal index, vein islet number, vein termination variety even have been given. Phytochemical screening showed the presence of Alkaloids, Carbohydrate, coumarins, steroids, Tannins.

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