Protective effect of Aloe vera on polymicrobial sepsis in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1341-1348

  Yun, Nari ^a   Lee, Chan Ho ^a   Lee, Sun Mee ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Bacterial clearance; Cytokine; MODS; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; CREATININE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALOE VERA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEPSIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALOE; ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CECUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYTOTHERAPY; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ALOE VERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

EID: 67349216202     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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