In rats with skin incisional wounds, BPC‑157-treated animals differed significantly from controls, showing a promoting involvement in healing.
In plain wordsIn rats with skin cuts, BPC‑157 differed from controls and promoted healing.
- Peptide
- BPC-157
- Outcome
- IncreaseHealing of skin incisional wounds
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
skin incisional wound- Comparator
- Control
- Outcome group
- Wound healing · Skin and wound
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intragastric and local (varied by experiment)As given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
In all experiments significant differences between BPC 157-treated animals and controls were found, showing a strong, promoting involvement of BPC in the healing process.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The specimens were histologically assessed for collagen, reticulin and blood vessels using scoring and morphometry.
In our work we tested the influence of BPC 157 on: granulation tissue and collagen formation, on angiogenesis as well as on tensile strength development, using three experimental rat models: 1) skin incisional wounds; 2) colon-colon anastomoses; and 3) angiogenesis model with synthetic sponge implantation.