The Ethanolic Extract of Edamame (Glycine max L. merril) Enhance Second Degree Burn Wound Healing trough Modulating of Hydroxiproline Levels and Increasing Epithelial Thickness

Abstract

Objective: Burns become a global health problem because it causes about 180.000 deaths worldwide every year. In developing countries, silver sulfadiazine cream is usually used as drug management for second-degree burns, but it is expensive so several herbal treatments have developed recently. The seed of edamame has genistein compounds that can increase collagen synthesis. The antioxidant component also enhances the burn wound healing process. The objective of this study is to prove the effectiveness of ethanolic extract of edamame’s seed in the second-degree burn wound healing process.

Methods: Burn wound was made by applying hot aluminum (70 °C) coin on the skin rat. The negative control group (C-) was given Na-CMC 0.5%, the positive control group (C+) was given cream silver sulfadiazine, the treatment groups T1, T2, T3, and T4 were given an ethanolic extract of edamame with the concentration of 20%, 40%, 60%, and 80% for 15 days. Hydroxyproline levels were evaluated by hydroxyproline biochemistry assay, the epithelial thickness was observed on histopathological preparations with HE staining.

Results: The results showed that the hydroxyproline levels on the 16^th were lower, while epithelial thickness was higher in the treatment group compared to the control group (P<0.05).

Conclusions: We conclude that ethanolic extract of edamame (Glycine max L. Merril) was effective in enhancing the second-degree burn wound healing process by modulating hydroxyproline levels and increasing epithelial thickness.