dos Santos M, de Campos ECR, Gonçalves R, Koga AY, Kono PA, Salina MVJ, Dalazoana E, Toledo ADO, Lipinski LC. Effects of curcumin supplementation on abdominal surgical wound healing.
Acta Cir Bras 2024;
39:e392124. [PMID:
38629652 PMCID:
PMC11020632 DOI:
10.1590/acb392124]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
To evaluate the effects of curcumin supplementation on abdominal surgical wound healing in rats using clinical, histological, and hematological parameters.
METHODS
Forty Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: the curcumin group, and the control group. The curcumin group received, in addition to water and standard feed, curcumin via gavage at the dose of 200 mg/kg for seven days preceding and seven days following surgery. The control group received only water and standard feed. Both groups underwent median laparotomy and left colotomy. On the eighth postoperative day, the groups were euthanized, and the left colon was resected for histological analysis.
RESULTS
In the preoperative evaluation, there was a significant decrease in the mean C-reactive protein levels in the curcumin group (0.06) compared to the control group (0.112) (p = 0.0001). In the postoperative wound healing assessment, a significant decrease was observed in inflammatory infiltrate (p = 0.0006) and blood vessel count (p = 0.0002) in the curcumin group compared to the control group.
CONCLUSIONS
Curcumin supplementation was able to significantly reduce inflammatory parameters in both pre-and post-operative phases of abdominal surgical wounds in rats.
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