Fig. 2

Incision wound creation (a) and tensile strength measurement (b): The animals were anesthetized and then positioned on a tray between two metal stands. To both stands, forceps of equal size were suspended with strings, one of which passing on a small wheel with the stands. Constantly flowing water was then allowed to enter into the plastic bottle, which was suspended with the string paasing on the wheel until the wound breaks. Wound was created at day 0 and treatment was started 24 h after wound creation (1^st day) for nine days. The sutures were removed on day 8 post-incision and tensile strength was measured on the 10^th post-wounding day using continuous water flow technique