AVALIAÇÃO DOS EXTRATOS DA CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS NA CICATRIZAÇÃO DE FERIDAS CUTÂNEAS CAUSADAS POR INDUÇÃO DE VENENO DE Bothrops moojeni EM CAMUNDONGOS

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The snake bites caused by Bothrops snakes constitute a major public health problem in tropical regions around the world. Research is being developed with the goal of finding therapies and substances that can be used to decrease local reaction caused by the snake bite, among them is the use of medicinal plants such as Cassia occidentalis. OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the healing activity of ethanolic extracts of roots and leaves of Cassia occidentalis in skin wounds in mice induced by the venom of Bothrops moojeni. METHODS: The hydroalcoholic extract was obtained by the method of percolation. The extracts of leaves and root of C. occidentalis a occidentalis at 10% were incorporated in Lanette cream. The study used 36 female Swiss albino mice, 60 days old, divided randomly into two groups (n = 18) and subdivided into three subgroups (n = 6). For the wound induction, the animals were anesthetized the dorsal-cervical region was shaved and intradermal inoculation was made with 4 mg of the venom of Bothrops moojeni diluted in saline in order to cause local necrosis.RESULTS: The leaves extract of C. occidentalis at 10% cream Lanette stimulated angiogenesis in wounds at the 7th and 14th day after the inoculation of the venom of Bothrops moojeni. CONCLUSIONS: The leaf extract of Cassia occidentalis at 10% cream Lanette, had a positive effect on healing, that justifies the use of this plant in the treatment of snakebites wounds.