Influence of asiaticoside an active component of a herb centella asiatica on skin wound healing in a freshwater teleost cirrhinus mrigala

Abstract

Fish skin like in other organisms protects the body from various external hazards and serves to preserve the constancy of milieu interior. Any damage to the skin causes tissue injury and loss of barrier function. The present study reports the effect of asiaticoside on wound healing in the skin of a freshwater teleost Cirrhinus mrigala using scanning electron microscopy, histology, histopathology, histochemistry and immunohistochemical techniques newline