Aloe barbadensis: How a miraculous plant becomes reality

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 581-602

  Chinchilla, Nuria ^a   Carrera, Ceferino ^a   Durán, Alexandra G ^a   Macías, Mariola ^b   Torres, Ascensión ^a   Macías, Francisco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE PUERTO REAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acemannan; Aloe vera; Bioactivity; Phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMONE DERIVATIVE; GERMANIUM; LAXATIVE; MALOYL GLUCAN DERIVATIVE; METAL; PHENOL; STEROL; TETRAHYDROANTHRACENONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOE VERA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONSTIPATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG USE; GEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLANT STRUCTURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84901806956     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-013-9323-3     Document Type: Review

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