Two Potentially Wound Healing Active Compounds from the Hexanes Extract of Vernonia zeylanica (L.) Less

Abstract

Vernonia zeylanica (L.) Less. (Asteraceae) is an under-shrub endemic to Sri Lanka. Different parts of this plant have been used as a remedy for various kinds of wounds in the indigenous medicine practiced in Sri Lanka. The present study was carried out to investigate the wound-healing potential of the aerial parts of V. zeylanica. Hexanes, dichloromethane,