Petrosolinum crispum (Apiaceae) is a plant commonly used in traditional African medicine for improving the health of populations including wound care; the aim of this study was to evaluate the healing properties of Petrosolinum crispum (Apiaceae) leaves on second degree incision wounds in Wistar rats. This study was carried out on 28 rats divided into 7 batches of 4 rats, one of which was an untreated control and the other 6 received daily applications of test substances. The results showed that the wounds treated with 500 mg/ml of the aqueous extract of leaves of Petrosolinum crispum (EAPc) healed first. At this concentration, the healing time is the same as that of rats treated with Flammazine, 16 days against. For the batches treated with Betadine and EAPc at 1000 mg/ml, the wounds had completely healed in 26 days. However, those of the untreated rats had healed 95% by the 28th day. This effect of the extract is due to the bioactive substances present within the plant. These results therefore suggest that this extract has healing activity.
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