BACKGROUND Aloe vera is a cactus-like perennial succulent belonging to the Liliaceae Family that is commonly grown in tropical climates. Animal studies have suggested that Aloe vera may help accelerate the wound healing process. OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of Aloe vera-derived products (for example dressings and topical gels) on the healing of acute wounds (for example lacerations, su...

Aloe vera gel exhibits protective effects against insulin resistance as well as lipid-lowering and anti-diabetic effects. The anti-diabetic compounds in this gel were identified as Aloe-sterols. Aloe vera gel extract (AVGE) containing Aloe-sterols has recently been produced using a new procedure. We previously reported that AVGE reduced large-sized intestinal polyps in Apc-deficient Min mice fe...

A feeding trial was conducted for sixty continuous days to determine the effect of dietary Aloe vera and Echinacea  on immunological parameters of Shirbot (Barbus grypus) Four hundred and twenty fish weighing 50-60 g were randomly subjected to to seven different treatment, including one control  (Aloe vera and Echinacea free diet), A1 (0.1% of Aloe vera, A2 (0.2% of Aloe vera &nb...

Objective-This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of co-administration of Aloe vera gel and cinnamon zeynalicum bark hydroethanolic extract on process of wound healing in diabetic mice model.Design- Experimental Study.Animals- Seventy-two male BALB/c mice.Procedures- A single full-thickness excisional wound was created on ba...

conclusions the results of the present study revealed that the aloe vera aqueous extract had various effects on morphine withdrawal syndrome in morphine-dependent female rats . results the results of the present study showed that agitation, disparity, and floppy eyelids in group e were significantly higher than those of others groups; however, these symptoms in group c were significantly lower ...

It was known to people in Egypt and also Greece for example Aristoteles explains special charactristics of Aloe vera jelatin that is extracted from this plant is continuously used to treat burns, cuts and inflamed scars since many years. It is useful for skin damaged from X ray as reported in many researches in journals related X rays. On the other hand concentration of glucose in gelatin, resu...

in this study, the immunostimulatory effect of dietary aloe vera crude extract was investigated in cyprinus carpio. three hundred fish were randomly divided into four groups. the first group was immunized with aeromonas hydrophila bacterin (a.h) and was fed a diet contained 0.5% aloe vera. the second group was immunized with a.h and fed a diet without aloe vera. the third group was not immunize...

Aloe barbadensis (aloe-vera) also famous as a first aid plant is a valuable natural medicine. Its leaves have parallel venation that contains a soothing thick gel inside it and is useful for treatment and curing of wounds and diseases. In this paper, investigations were carried out to study the effect of dc and ac resistances of the aloe barbadensis leaves. The resistance of the leaf measured s...

A feeding trial was conducted for sixty continuouse days to determine the effect of dietary Aloe vera on parameters related to growth rate, health status and hematological parameters of shirbot (Barbus grypus). Two hundred and forty fish weighing 50-60 g were randomly subjected to four different treatment, including control, T1 (0.1% of Aloe vera), T2 (0.2%) and T3 (0.5%) in triplicate. Hematol...

Research since the 1986 review has largely upheld the therapeutic claims made in the earlier papers and indeed extended them into other areas. Treatment of inflammation is still the key effect for most types of healing but it is now realized that this is a complex process and that many of its constituent processes may be addressed in different ways by different gel components. A common theme ru...