Therapeutic and Medicinal Uses of Aloe vera: A Review
Pankaj K. Sahu,Deen Dayal Giri,Ritu Singh,Priyanka Pandey,Sharmistha Gupta,Atul Kumar Shrivastava,Ajay Kumar,Kapil Dev Pandey +7 more
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The plant Aloe vera is used in Ayurvedic, Homoeopathic and Allopathic streams of medicine, and not only tribal community but also most of the people for food and medicine.Abstract:
The plant Aloe vera is used in Ayurvedic, Homoeopathic and Allopathic streams of medicine, and not only tribal community but also most of the people for food and medicine. The plant leaves contains numerous vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, natural sugars and other bioactive compounds with emollient, purgative, anti-microbial, anti inflammatory, antioxidant, aphrodisiac, anti-helmenthic, antifungal, antiseptic and cosmetic values for health care. This plant has potential to cure sunburns, burns and minor cuts, and even skin cancer. The external use in cosmetic primarily acts as skin healer and prevents injury of epithelial tissues, cures acne and gives a youthful glow to skin, also acts as extremely powerful laxative.read more
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Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of oral aloe vera gel for active ulcerative colitis.
L. Langmead,Roger Feakins,S. Goldthorpe,H. Holt,Eftychia Tsironi,A. De Silva,Derek P. Jewell,David S. Rampton +7 more
TL;DR: The herbal preparation, aloe vera, has been claimed to have anti‐inflammatory effects and, despite a lack of evidence of its therapeutic efficacy, is widely used by patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Influence of Aloe vera on the glycosaminoglycans in the matrix of healing dermal wounds in rats
TL;DR: Both topical and oral treatments with Aloe vera were found to have a positive influence on the synthesis of GAGs and thereby beneficially modulate wound healing.
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Characterization of Aloeride, a new high-molecular-weight polysaccharide from Aloe vera with potent immunostimulatory activity.
TL;DR: A new immunostimulatory polysaccharide called Aloeride from commercial aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis) juice is characterized and its potency for macrophage activation accounts fully for the activity of the crude juice.
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Antifungal activity in vitro of Aloe vera pulp and liquid fraction against plant pathogenic fungi
TL;DR: The results showed an inhibitory effect of the pulp of A. Vera on F. Vera, the first report of any Aloe liquid fraction activity against plant pathogenic fungi.
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Hypoglycemic effect of Aloe vera gel on streptozotocin-induced diabetes in experimental rats.
TL;DR: An attempt has been made to evaluate the presence of hypoglycemic activity in the alcoholic extract of Aloe vera gel, which is believed to maintain the glucose homeostasis by controlling the carbohydrate metabolizing enzymes.
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