Wound healing activity of methanolic leaf extract of ficus carica in albino rats

The entire wound healing process is a complex series of events that begins at the moment of injury and can continue for months to years. The stages of wound healing are inflammatory phase, proliferation phase, fibroblastic phase and maturation phase. Several Investigators has been found that, most of the tribal people are using Ficus carica for wound healing, activity apart from in other conditions. So in the present study emphasis will be laid on the pharmacological screening of the plant with special reference to the wound healing activities. Methanolic leaf extract of a Ficus carica having significant wound healing activity in albino rats in excision wound model.