Biological activity of propolis-honey balm in the treatment of experimentally-evoked burn wounds.

Abstract

Medicines of biogenic origin with micro-organic, regenerative and analgesic properties are becoming more and more significant in the treatment of burn wounds. These properties are found in apitherapeutics such as propolis and honey--products collected and processed by a honey bee. Their effect on the course of the healing processes is multidirectional. The aim of the study was a histopathological and biochemical analysis of the processes of scar formation in experimentally evoked burn wounds in white pigs treated with the 1% and 3% Sepropol balms containing standardized extracts of propolis and honey. The results were compared with the therapeutic effects obtained with dermazin cream (1% silver sulfadiazine). The level of collagen was determined in the wounds treated with 1% and 3% Sepropol and compared with the collagen level in healthy skin and wounds treated with dermazin. Granulation and regenerated epithelium formation times were compared, with the 3% Sepropol being by far the most effective. The 3% Sepropol also increased the collagen level to 116% with the control sub-groups scoring between 80% and 98%. The results show the healing process of burn wounds in pigs treated with the Sepropol balm starts earlier and has a faster course than the standard dermazin therapy.

• Authors: Zaneta Jastrzębska-Stojko, Rafał Stojko, Anna Rzepecka-Stojko, Agata Kabała-Dzik, Jerzy Stojko
• Journal: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (Molecules) Vol. 18 Issue 11 Pg. 14397-413 (Nov 21 2013) ISSN: 1420-3049 [Electronic] Switzerland
• PMID: 24284491 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Collagen
• Propolis
• Hydroxyproline

Topics

• Animals
• Burns (drug therapy)
• Collagen (metabolism)
• Honey
• Hydroxyproline
• Propolis (chemistry)
• Swine