There are only few prospective randomized controlled trials that
have proved the clinical efficacy of the traditional wound healing
agents. Accordingly, based on its ethnopharmacological profile and
reputed medicinal use in traditional practice, the present study was
undertaken to (i) evaluate, the in vitro, antioxidant and antimicrobial
activities (against various wound pathogens) of the methanolic
extract obtained from the peels of P. granatum fruits (PgME) (ii) to
evaluate systematically the possible in vivo wound healing potential
of a 5% ointment formulated using this extract.