Effects of Aloe vera on colonic anastomoses of rats

Surgical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 60-65

  Inan, Aydin ^a   Şen, Meral ^a   Koca, Cemile ^a   Ergin, Metin ^a   Dener, Cenap ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Anastomotic healing; Colon; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WATER;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FIBROBLAST; GEL; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RANK SUM TEST; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34247640606     PISSN: 17441625     EISSN: 17441633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1633.2007.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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