background: a common, early postpartum concern of the breastfeeding mother is nipple pain. because of a lack of effective treatment and opposing results about lanolin, we decided to compare the effect of lanolin ointment and aloe vera gel on nipple soreness treatment. methods: this clinical blind trial was performed in mashhad, iran, from february 2008 to may 2009. sampling was nonrandom and pu...

Present study is an attempt to investigate wound healing efficiency of Aloe verajuice on excision wound model.This study was undertaken to evaluate the wound healing properties of Aloe vera, for purpose different conc. of Aloe vera juicewere applied with respect toBetadine on excision wound in albino mice.The effect of Aloe vera juice application on excision wound contraction (area in mm 2 ) in...

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...

BACKGROUND An overdose of the acetaminophen causes liver injury. This study aims to examine the anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory effects of Aloe vera in mice with acetaminophen induced hepatitis. METHODS Male mice were randomly divided into three groups (n = 8 each). Control group were given orally distilled water (DW). APAP group were given orally N-acetyl-P-aminophenol (APAP) 400 mg/kg sus...

This study aims to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo antileishmanial activities of Pistacia vera essential oil and compare their efficacy with a reference drug, meglumine antimoniate (Glucantime®). This essential oil (0-100 µg/mL) was evaluated in vitro against the intracellular amastigote forms of Leishmania tropica (MHOM/IR/2002/Mash2) and then tested on cutaneous leishmaniasis of male BALB/c...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the radioprotective and reparative effects of compounds based on aloe vera, zinc, and copper against salivary gland dysfunction in Wistar rats. A total of 150 Wistar rats were randomly divided into 12 groups, in which the animals received aloe vera and/or zinc and copper. In eight of these groups the animals were also subjected to irradiation before or afte...

Background: Cardiovascular events are the most serious complications for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). There was limited data regarding to arterial stiffness in these patients. Methods: This a cross-sectional study aiming determine prevalence of that evaluated by cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and primary myelofibr...

The present study was carried out to evaluate the antioxidative effect of Aloe vera (A. vera) aqueous leaf extract on hepatotoxicity induced by SO2 inhalation in male albino rats. Hepatotoxicity was assessed by estimating the Serum Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP), Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST), Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT), Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) and histopathological changes in liver...

In attempting to force ALVINN’ into their already bulging symbolist tent, Vera and Simon (1993a, 1993b, 1993c) have burst the seams of the physical symbol system hypothesis (PSSH; Newell, 1980a; Newell & Simon, 1976). We would like to present another view of representation in connectionist networks and respond to statements about ALVINN by both Vera and Simon and Green0 and Moore (1993). In so ...

BACKGROUND Stomatitis is the most common complication of chemotherapy. This study aimed to assess the effect of aloe vera solution on stomatitis and its pain intensity in patients undergoing chemotherapeutic procedures. METHODS In this randomized controlled clinical trial, 64 patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia undergoing chemotherapy were randomly divided into...