3.4 In vitro characterization of PTX-CSNPs 3.4.1 Determination of the antioxidant activity [DPPH (1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl) method] The free radical scavenging activities of PTX, CSNPs, and PTX-CSNPs were evaluated using the DPPH (Sigma-Aldrich, USA) method, with ascorbic acid as a positive control
To evaluate the healing efficacy, a comprehensive experiment was conducted on diabetic wounds treated with various agents, including: i) PBS as negative control (NC group), ii) ROS-responsive hydrogel matrix (G group), iii) monomer copper peptides M-CuP solution (M-CuP group), iv) dimeric copper peptides D-CuP solution (D-CuP group), v) ROS-responsive hydrogel with monomer copper peptides M-CuP (G/M-CuP group), and vi) ROS-responsive hydrogel with dimeric copper peptides (G/D-CuP group)
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