A Mechanistic Approach and Overview of Medicinal Plants on Wound Healing (Review Article)

Author(s): Partha Pratim Das, Aishwarya Das, Osman SK, and Soma Das*

Abstract: In everyday pathology, wound occupies a prominent place. Healing of wound plays a key physiological action to support the integrity of skin following trauma, either by accident or by intent procedure. Wound healing is the task of tissue repair to replace back to its normal structural architecture and function occurred due to injury. The scar formation is the product of wound healing that is a dense connective tissue made up of collagen. Traditional medicinal system plays amazing role in the mainstay of wound care for millions of people worldwide. There is expanding interest to use the medicinal plants in wound healing due to the existence of fewer side effects and management of wounds over the years. Medicinal plants are considered potent healers as they facilitate the repair mechanism naturally. Plants due to presence of certain valuable active phytoconstituents have enormous potential for management and treatment of wounds over the years The main aim of the review is to highlight and emphasize the mechanistic insight of wound healing process and application of traditional medicines with wound healing properties that have been used for over a thousand years to treat wounds of various types due to burns, scars, pressure, diabetes, gastric and duodenal ulcers. The synthesis of conventional and new expertise through application of medicinal plants will generate powerful medicines for wound healing to fabricate a cost-effective, logical, steady, and sustainable delivery means for the control of wounds.

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