Abstract:
Banana's skin extract and coconut oil mixture were often used to heal scabies by the
traditional practices in Malaysia. It was believed that it has a property that can
promote wound healing. The objective of this study was to determine the potential
skin extract in coconut oil and as well as the coconut oil itself in wound healing
process. In this study, banana's skin extract and coconut oil were applied on white rat
induced skin injury. There were three groups involved; Group 1 that was treated with
banana's skin and coconut oil mixture, Group 2 that was treated with solely coconut
oil and Group 3 that was untreated group. Observations on the healing progress were
done continuously for 22 days. Euthanizations were conducted to half of number of
white rats in each group at day 15 and the other half at day 22. Then, the wounded
skin samples on those rats were subjected to histological examination. The result from
this study indicated that the group treated with banana's skin and coconut oil
recovered earliest compared to the other two groups. It can be concluded that the
banana's skin extract contain wound healing agent that speed up the process of wound
healing.
