Dietary aloe vera supplementation improves facial wrinkles and elasticity and it increases the type i procollagen gene expression in human skin in vivo

Annals of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-11

  Cho, Soyun ^b,c   Lee, Serah ^c,d   Lee, Min Jung ^c,d   Lee, Dong Hun ^c   Won, Chong Hyun ^a   Kim, Sang Min ^c,d   Chung, Jin Ho ^c,d  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

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

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Aloe vera; Matrix metalloproteinase; Procollagen; Wrinkles

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249142735     PISSN: 10139087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2009.21.1.6     Document Type: Article

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