Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 2 (6), 195-198, June 2007          
ISSN 1992-2248 © 2007 Academic Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Application of snail mucin dispersed in detarium gum gel in wound healing

M. U. Adikwu and B. U. Alozie

Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001, Nigeria.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: adikwum@yahoo.com.

Accepted 25 April, 2007

This study is aimed at describing the effects of snail mucin dispersed in detarium gum gel on wound healing in rats. The gels were prepared from a mixture of snail mucin and honey and the detraium gum gel. A similar gel containing only the mucin was also formulated. It was observed that the gels containing both the snail mucin and the honey had greater healing effect than the gel containing the mucin alone. Complete wound healing was observed on day 13 in all the cases studied with mucin and honey combinations and over 80 percent healing was achieved for all the cases with mucin alone dispersed in the gum gel.

Key words: Snail mucin, honey, detarium gum, gel, wound healing.