Healing Effect of the Extract of Kombucha in Male Wistar Rats

Dora Manuela  García-Carrasco; Rubén  Rosales-Ramírez; Raúl Leonel De  Cervantes-Mireles; David  Avíla-Figueroa; Guillermo  Nolasco-Rodríguez; Esther  Albarrán-Rodríguez; Manuel  Rosales-Cortés

doi:10.4236/ojvm.2015.54011

Manuel Rosales-Cortés^*, Esther Albarrán-Rodríguez, Guillermo Nolasco-Rodríguez, David Avíla-Figueroa, Raúl Leonel De Cervantes-Mireles, Rubén Rosales-Ramírez, Dora Manuela García-Carrasco

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.

Keywords: Healing, Kombucha, Repair and Tissue Regeneration

Cite this paper: Rosales-Cortés, M. , Albarrán-Rodríguez, E. , Nolasco-Rodríguez, G. , Avíla-Figueroa, D. , Cervantes-Mireles, R. , Rosales-Ramírez, R. and García-Carrasco, D. (2015) Healing Effect of the Extract of Kombucha in Male Wistar Rats. Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 5, 80-88. doi: 10.4236/ojvm.2015.54011.

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