<?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;
</style></auth-address></record><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%">Maryam Riyadh Yaseen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ghasak G Faisal</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Azliana Abd Fuaat</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Khairunisa Ahmad Affandi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Batoul Alallam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mohd Hamzah Mohd Nasir</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Preparation of Euyrycoma Longifolia Jack (E.L) Tongkat Ali (Ta) Root Extract Hydrogel for Wound Application</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%">Eurycoma longifolia Jack</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hydrogel</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Microscopic examination</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">November 2021</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1456-1463</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;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; It is undeniable that a lot of patients worldwide suffer from different types of wounds. The complex process of wound healing has a severe effect on the life quality of patients as well as causing an economic load on healthcare institutions. Although the availability of various therapies for managing patients with acute and chronic wounds for the past decade, these therapies are usually expensive and accompanied by undesirable side effects. Hence, the discovery of a new arsenal for wound healing remains a hot topic of research. Recently, plants and their by-products have garnered remarkable attention as a source of therapeutic agents to treat wounds. This is because medicinal plants provide a rich reservoir of phytochemicals that could potentially become affordable and effective therapeutic agents. &lt;em&gt;Eurycoma longifolia &lt;/em&gt;Jack or Tongkat Ali (TA), is one of the well-known traditional plants of Malaysia, it has been scientifically proven to have medicinal properties. Hydrogels are hydrophilic polymer networks that can imbibe a significant number of fluids. In comparison to other systems developed for herbal medicines delivery, a unique power possessed by hydrogels is the high-water absorption ability. This ability has favoured the loading of herbal formulations, which are in general hydrophilic in nature, into hydrogels. &lt;strong&gt;Objective:&lt;/strong&gt; The aim of this study is to prepare&lt;em&gt; Eurycoma longifolia &lt;/em&gt;Jack (E.l.J) Tongkat Ali (TA) roots hydrogel for wound application.&lt;strong&gt; Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Authentication of&lt;em&gt; Eurycoma longifolia &lt;/em&gt;Jack roots was done by microscopic examination using methylene blue and Lugol’s iodine solution. Root extraction by Soxhlet technique. In vitro cytotoxicity of ethanol extract of the roots was evaluated in human primary gingival fibroblasts cells. The ethanolic extract was loaded into hydrogel as a suitable dosage form for further wound healing studies.&lt;strong&gt; Results: &lt;/strong&gt;The crude herbal drug sample, TA present the same microscopical characters to that of E. longifolia Jack tap root. Ic50 was 118.5 μg/mL. The hydrogel was prepared using 2% xanthan gum and ethanol extract of TA was loaded successfully for its later application as a wound healing agent.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1456</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maryam Riyadh Yaseen&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Ghasak G Faisal&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;,*, Azliana Abd Fuaat&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Khairunisa Ahmad Affandi&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Batoul Alallam&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;, Mohd Hamzah Mohd Nasir&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University, MALAYSIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Associate Professor, Department of Fundamental Dental and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, International Islamic University, MALAYSIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University, MALAYSIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of pharmacy, International Islamic University, MALAYSIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, International Islamic University, MALAYSIA.&lt;/p&gt;
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