Table 1 Each group was classified into two subgroups including only Vaseline treatment and Vaseline plus herbal mixture. It is noted that because Vaseline was used in this study as preservative, we had have to show its putative effect on gene expression in comparison to plant mixture. Each of subgroups contain five rats (n = 5). The gene expression was measured in periods of 7, 14, and 21 days after treatment with Vaseline or Vaseline and mixture