Cytotoxicity of a low molecular weight fraction from Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) gel

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Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1423-1430

  Avila, Horacio ^a   Rivero, José ^a   Herrera, Flor ^a   Fraile, GERMÀN ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EMODIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ZYMOSAN;

ALOE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SAFETY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALOE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ALOE; ALOE VERA; ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030714659     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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