Composition and Applications of Aloe vera Leaf Gel
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...noreugenin, Ascorbic acid, β-carotene, α-tocopherol (Hamman, 2008); Myricetin, Kaempferol, Quercetin (Sultana and Anwar, 2008) Causes an opening of the tight junction...
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...…(Hamman, 2008); Myricetin, Kaempferol, Quercetin (Sultana and Anwar, 2008) Causes an opening of the tight junction between adjascent epithelial cells thereby increasing paracellular transport, with the potential to increase oral drug absorption (Hamman, 2008) 11 Alstonia boonei De Wild....
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...…acid, Isorabaichromone, Neoaloesin A, Isoaloeresin D, 8-C-glucosyl derivatives of aloediol, aloesol, noreugenin, Ascorbic acid, β-carotene, α-tocopherol (Hamman, 2008); Myricetin, Kaempferol, Quercetin (Sultana and Anwar, 2008) Causes an opening of the tight junction between adjascent epithelial…...
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...Huh‐7 cells Downregulates CAPN2 and UBE3A proteins In vitro Jeon et al. (2012) MCF‐7 cells Inhibits cell proliferation, adhesion, invasion, and induces apoptosis; Downregulates ERα protein levels; Ras/ERK and PI3K/mTOR pathways In vitro Chen et al....
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...…herbs, such as Cassia occidentalis, Rheum palmatum L., Aloe vera, and Polygonum multiflorumThunb, that are used as traditional medicines in many countries (Panigrahi, Mudiam, Vashishtha, Raisuddin, & Das, 2015; Huang, Lu, Shen, Chuang, & Ong, 2007; Hamman, 2008; Yi, Leung, Lu, Zhang, & Chan, 2007)....
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..., Aloe vera, and Polygonum multiflorumThunb, that are used as traditional medicines in many countries (Panigrahi, Mudiam, Vashishtha, Raisuddin, & Das, 2015; Huang, Lu, Shen, Chuang, & Ong, 2007; Hamman, 2008; Yi, Leung, Lu, Zhang, & Chan, 2007)....
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...Monosaccharide polymers have many favourable properties such as high stability, nontoxicity, hydrophilicity, biodegradability, gel forming properties and ease of chemical modification [1,2]....
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...Furthermore, it is not always clear what constituent of the aloe leaf was tested in some studies, which makes it difficult to correlate the effect (or lack of effect) with the product tested [17,38]....
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...vera gel have therapeutic properties such as immunostimulation, anti-inflammatory effects, wound healing, promotion of radiation damage repair, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-diabetic and anti-neoplastic activities, stimulation of hematopoiesis and anti-oxidant effects [4,7,38]....
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...The two fractions from aloes that are claimed to have anti-cancer effects include glycoproteins (lectins) and polysaccharides [38]....
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...vera gel will only be briefly described in this review as it has been comprehensively discussed elsewhere [19,22,38]....
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...However, some other immunomodulation effects were shown to be linked to glycoproteins, namely lectins, found in aloe gel [38]....
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...In the pharmaceutical industry, it has been used for the manufacture of topical products such as ointments and gel preparations, as well as in the production of tablets and capsules [10,11]....
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...These discrepancies in glucose to mannose ratios have been explained by differences between species as well as due to sample processing and treatment [10,14]....
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...Linear mannans are homopolysaccharides that are composed of linear chains of β(1→4)-D-mannopyranosyl residues with less than 5% galactose [21]....
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...The molecular weights of these polysaccharides range from 30-40 kDa or greater and is usually as high as 1000 kDa in fresh aloe leaf material [18,21,22]....
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...The backbone of galactoglucomannans consists of β-(1→4)-D-mannopyranosyl and β-(1→4)-D-glucopyranosyl residues with a α-(1→6)-D-galactopyranosyl and O-acetyl groups [21]....
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