The Influence of Long-term Aloe vera Ingestion on Age-related Disease in Male Fischer 344 Rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 712-718

  Ikeno, Yuji ^a   Hubbard, Gene B ^a,b   Lee, Shuko ^a,b,c   Yu, Byung Pal ^a,b   Herlihy, Jeremiah T ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related disease; Aging; Aloe vera; Longevity; Rat

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALOE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIET; FISCHER 344 RAT; GERMFREE ANIMAL; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGING; ALOE; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIET; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036886916     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1022     Document Type: Article

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