Aloe and its therapeutic use

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Capasso, F ^a   Borrelli, F ^a   Capasso, R ^a   Di Carlo, G ^a   Izzo, A A ^a   Pinto, L ^a   Mascolo, N ^a   Castaldo, S ^b   Longo, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INPS Nola   (Italy)

^c C Sessa Pharmaceutical Laboratories   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aloe preparations; Cancer; Constipation; Skin oilments

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALOE; CARCINOMA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTIPATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; EXTRACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SKIN DISEASE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0031654549     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(1998)12:1+3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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