<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amina DOUBBI BOUNOUA</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mokhtaria Yasmina BOUFADI</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karima BOUGUEROUA</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soumia KEDDARI</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Preparation, Characterization and Wound Healing Effect of β Chitosan and Gelatin Hydrogels from Sepia Officinalis: In Vivo Study</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gelatin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hydrogel</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Os</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sepia Officinalis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Skin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wound Healing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">β Chitosan</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">April 2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">244-251</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;Wound healing is a fundamental process through which the body repairs itself following damage to the skin's integrity. This process is intricate and involves multiple biological mechanisms. The objective of this study is to assess the wound healing properties of β-chitosan and gelatin hydrogels. Twenty-five rats were divided into five groups to facilitate the evaluation of wound closure rates and histopathological changes. Upon analyzing the results, we noted a decrease in the initial surface area of all wounds examined. The extent of contraction varied depending on the type of hydrogel used. By day 14, the contraction was most significant in the hydrogel (ch + gel) group (97.30%), followed closely by β-chitosan (96.72%) and gelatin (96.63%), as well as the cicatryl-bio treatment (92.76%).&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">244</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Amina DOUBBI BOUNOUA&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Mokhtaria Yasmina BOUFADI&lt;sup&gt;1,2,3*&lt;/sup&gt;, Karima BOUGUEROUA&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Soumia KEDDARI&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Laboratory of Bioeconomics, Food Safety and Health, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life, University of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis, Mostaganem 27000, ALGERIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Faculty of biology, University of Houari Boumediene USTHB Algiers 16000, ALGERIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Libre university of Brussels, 1050 Brussels, BELGIUM.&lt;/p&gt;
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