Aloe vera has been used worldwide in pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries due to the plethora of biological activities of its constituents. This study was done to evaluate the effects of dietary aloe vera on growth and lipid peroxidation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). A total number of 480 O. mykiss (mean weight 9.50 ± 0.85 g) were randomized into four experimental groups inclu...

Objective: It is estimated that 80-90% of breastfeeding women experience nipple soreness. In this study we evaluated the effect of Aloe Vera gel compared with breast milk on nipple sores. Methods: This clinical trial study was performed in the neonatal ward of the Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad (Iran) from June 2009 to December 2009. Mothers were divided randomly into two groups:  Aloe Vera applica...

conclusions this study showed that aloe vera has antibacterial effects against e. coli, and can result in structural and physiological changes in this bacterium. objectives the aim of this research was to evaluate the effects of an aloe vera extract on the morphological and physiological properties of escherichia coli. patients and methods a clinical isolate of e. coli was obtained from a patie...

AIM The aim was to study the effect of Aloe vera and clove powder supplementation on carcass characteristics, composition and serum enzymes of Japanese quails. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted on 120-day-old Japanese quails, which were randomly divided into four treatment groups viz. T1-control, T2-0.5% A. vera, T3-0.5% clove, and T4-(0.25% A. vera + 0.25% clove) powder, each hav...

septoriosis is one of the most important disease in pistachio tree worldwide and is incited by several species of septoria among which s. pistacina islimited to mediterranea regions and recently reported on pistacia vera in golestan province of iran (aghajani et al. 2009. austr. plant dis. notes 4: 29-31). leaf samples of p. vera  from ghazvin (fig. 1) collected in october 2013, and samples fro...

We tried to evaluate and to compare usefulness of two brief cognitive tests in early detection of cognitive decline in subjects with increased cerebrovascular (CV) risk. As CV risk factors are recognised as important in etiology of dementia, we also aimed to determine the possible associations of specific CV risk factors and cognitive results. Patients (PGs) with first-ever stroke or TIA (N=110...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the association between cardiovascular (CV) health and health insurance status. We hypothesized that U.S. adults without health insurance coverage would have a lower likelihood of ideal cardiovascular health. METHODS AND RESULTS Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 2007-2010, we examined the relationship between health insu...

El principal objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el efecto un recubrimiento a base aloe vera sobre los atributos calidad piña (Ananas comosus) variedad Oro Miel mínimamente procesada. Diez kilogramos fruto fresco, en cuartos rodaja, fueron higienizados e inmersos solución cloruro calcio (1% p/p), ácido cítrico p/p) y ascórbico p/p). Posteriormente se aplicó gel (50% glicerol (1.75% poli...