The use of cyanobacteria of the genus Arthrospira in the wound healing

E.N. Prazdnikov, Z.A. Evsyukova

A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow

The skin is the only external barrier to protect the body from harmful environmental effects, which makes it extremely vulnerable to various types of damage. In case of skin integrity violation, there is an urgent need for an effective healing method. However, despite the availability of a wide range of healing agents and significant achievements in the field of regenerative medicine, the problem of wound healing is still of concern to many specialists from various fields of medicine. It is because the result of the wound process is commonly the formation of an esthetically unacceptable scar or cicatricial deformity, which negatively affects the life quality of the patient. Among the variety of external agents used in different wound process phases, the extract of cyanobacterium spirulina (the unique cellular composition used at all stages of cutaneous wound healing, which is the subject of nume rous studies and developments) attracted attention. Also, the relative availability of cyanobacteria spirulina (compared with the high-tech process of artificial regenerants synthesis) makes it the subject of scientific research. This article presents some studies on the use of spirulina in wound healing.

Keywords: wound healing, regenerants, spirulina, cyanobacteria, wound process, antioxidants, regenerative process.

For citation: Prazdnikov E.N., Evsyukova Z.A. The use of cyanobacteria of the genus Arthrospira in the wound healing. RMJ. 2021;8:25–28.