Antiinflammatory activity of extracts from Aloe vera gel

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-75

  Vázquez, Beatriz ^a   Avila, Guillermo ^a   Segura, David ^a   Escalante, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Cyclooxygenase; Dexamethasone; Indomethacin; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CARRAGEENAN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCOSIDE; INDOMETACIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ALOE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030476431     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(96)01476-6     Document Type: Article

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