TITLE:
Healing Effect of the Extract of Kombucha in Male Wistar Rats
AUTHORS:
Manuel Rosales-Cortés, Esther Albarrán-Rodríguez, Guillermo Nolasco-Rodríguez, David Avíla-Figueroa, Raúl Leonel De Cervantes-Mireles, Rubén Rosales-Ramírez, Dora Manuela García-Carrasco
KEYWORDS:
Healing, Kombucha, Repair and Tissue Regeneration
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine,
Vol.5 No.4,
April
2,
2015
ABSTRACT: In order to assess the impact of the early and late tissue repair of Kombucha extract on incised wounds in animal models, 24 Wistar male rats were used and divided into three groups: one of the groups received a topical cure on the wound with Brosin, and the other received the Kombucha extract. The third group did not receive any treatment, working as a control group. The objective was to evaluate and compare the Kombucha extract with a commercial healing product. Each one of the animals took a 1 cm wound in depth and length at a femur level on a side of the left thigh. The healing process was evaluated on an early and late phase by performing a morphometric and morphological analysis under the assumption of a faster recovery with the use of Kombucha. The results showed that there was a poor recovery in the control group. On the other hand, the other two groups, Brosin and Kombucha, were similar, with little inflammation and a high cell proliferation and migration along with basal array pulls of elastin and collagen which served for angiogenesis, repair and renovation of the new tissue.