Editor-in-Chief
Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu
Vice Editors
Levent Kabasakal
Esra Tatar
Online ISSN
2630-6344
Publisher
Marmara University
Frequency
Bimonthly (Six issues / year)
Abbreviation
J.Res.Pharm.
Former Name
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Journal of Research in Pharmacy
2024 , Vol 28 , Issue 4
The potential of black soldier fly prepupa oil (Hermetia illucens L.) on wound healing in mice (Mus musculus L.)
1Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia
DOI :
10.29228/jrp.808
The wound is a local response of a tissue caused by contact with a heat source, sharp object, or microbes.
Some pathogens have developed resistance to several topical antibiotics and cause adverse side effects. Therefore, the
search for natural anti-inflammatory drugs that are effective but have few side effects is urgently needed. One of the
natural ingredients that have the potential as anti-inflammatory is Black Soldier Fly (BSF) prepupa oil. This study aims to
reveal the potential of BSF prepupa oil in accelerating burn wound healing and explain the content of chemical
compounds in BSF prepupa oil as an anti-inflammatory using gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometry (GCMS)
analysis. This study used 48 male BALB/c mice with four treatment groups, namely control group (without any
treatment), 0,1 g Bioplacenton® treated group three times a day, 20 μL BSF prepupa oil-treated groups with once a day
or two times a day applications. Burn wound conditioning was done by administering 25% phenol for 30 seconds, after
which it was left for one day and then treated. Furthermore, changes in wound morphology, a decrease in the wound
area, and leukocyte count were observed. The results showed that administering 20 μL BSF prepupa oil twice a day had
a considerable anti-inflammatory effect on burn wound healing, as indicated by morphological changes in scab
detachment and a significant decrease in wound area on day 7. However, it did not affect the number of leukocyte
components in mice. In addition, GC-MS analysis revealed several anti-inflammatory solid compounds, namely acetic
acid, ethenyl benzene, lauric acid, propionic acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, and linoleic acid.
Keywords :
Anti-inflammatory; black soldier fly prepupa; burns; hematology; linoleic acid