Anticancer potential of aloes: Antioxidant, antiproliferative, and immunostimulatory attributes

Planta Medica

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 843-852

  Harlev, Eli ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^a   Lansky, Ephraim P ^a   Ofir, Rivka ^b   Bishayee, Anupam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c American University of Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

acemannan; Aloe vera; aloe emodin; anticancer; antiproliferative; immunobiology; Xanthorrhoeaceae

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLADENINE; ACEMANNAN; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ALOE EMODIN; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALOIN; BAFILOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DNA; FLUOROURACIL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; LECTIN; MELATONIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALOE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CANCER; MACROPHAGE; MEDLINE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGNOSY; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SAPONARIA; SARCOMA 180; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TUMOR CELL LINE; XANTHORRHOEACEAE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALOE; ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; EMODIN; HUMANS; MANNANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ALOE; ALOE VERA; XANTHORRHOEACEAE;

EID: 84862542243     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1298453     Document Type: Review

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