A review on the relationship between aloe vera components and their biologic effects

Seminars in Integrative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Choi, Seongwon ^a   Chung, Myung Hee ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEMANNAN; ALOE EMODIN; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALOIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CATALASE; CELLULOSE; CHOLINE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EMODIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MANNAN; MANNOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; RIBOFLAVIN; SITOSTEROL; THIAMINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ALOE VERA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; BURN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 5144224411     PISSN: 15431150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1543-1150(03)00005-X     Document Type: Review

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