Effectiveness of oral administration of Fenugreek seed aqueous extract on excision wound healing in diabetic rats

Subject Areas : Surgery

Seyyed Rezgar Hoseini ¹ , Mohammad Reza Farahpour ^{2 *} , Sakineh Nouri saeidlou ³

1 - Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran
2 - Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran
3 - Food and Beverage Safety Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Science, Urmia, Iran.

Received: 2022-11-07 Accepted : 2022-12-24 Published : 2022-12-01

Keywords: Healing, Excision wound, fenugreek seed, Diabetic rat,

Abstract :

Diabetes is one of the most common glandular diseases. Delay in wound healing process is known as a major challenge in these patients. Fenugreek is known to have therapeutic effects. Thus, the present study was conducted to investigate the oral administration of fenugreek seed aqueous extract (FSE) on wound healing in the experimental animal model. An excisional model was created on 24 rats. Streptozotocin was administrated in order to induce the diabetes. A surgery was performed and a circular wound with a diameter of 6 mm was created on the dorsal surface of each rat. Animals were divided into 4 groups including non-diabetic, diabetic control and diabetic treated rats, with oral administration of different doses of FSE (200 and 400 mg/kg). The wound area, histological parameters, blood glucose and insulin levels were measured on days 3, 7 and 16. The results showed that the wound area and blood glucose were significantly decreased in FSE-treated animals in comparison with diabetic control from day 7 (P<0.05). It can be suggested to use oral fenugreek seed aqueous extract on improved the blood sugar and wound healing in diabetic rats.

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