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Table 3 Wound healing after topical treatment of the incision surface

From: Aberrant in physicochemical properties, functional health and medicinal grades of honeys from different sales outlets in Southwest Nigeria

Animal Group

Treatment

Initial wound cut Size (cm)

Wound cut size after 4 days

Wound cut size after 8 days

A (n = 15)

HL

1.00

0.77 ± 0.15b

0.67 ± 0.17b

B (n = 15)

HS

1.00

0.63 ± 0.12c

0.49 ± 0.10c

C (n = 15)

HB

1.00

0.43 ± 0.06a

0.30 ± 0.10a 

D (n = 3) (-)

No treatment

1.00

0.81 ± 0.00b

0.77 ± 0.31b

E (n = 3) ( +)

Sheep oil

1.00

0.77 ± 0.06b

0.67 ± 0.06b

  1. Values followed with the same letters (a, b and c) in column are not significantly different (p > 0.05), values with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05) (Tukey’s HSD test at p = 0.05)