A novel angiogenic factor derived from Aloe vera gel: β-sitosterol, a plant sterol

Angiogenesis

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-123

  Moon, Eun Joung ^a   Lee, You Mie ^a   Lee, Ok Hee ^a   Lee, Myoung Jin ^a   Lee, Seung Ki ^b   Chung, Myung Hee ^c   Park, Young In ^d   Sung, Chung Ki ^e   Choi, Jae Soo ^f   Kim, Kyu Won ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Research Institute of Drug Development   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

^e Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^f Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Angiogenesis; In vivo Matrigel plug assay; Migration; sitosterol

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA;

EID: 2342560051     PISSN: 09696970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009058232389     Document Type: Article

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