Therapeutic effects of Aloe spp. in traditional and modern medicine: A review

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 84, Issue , 2016, Pages 759-772

  Akaberi, Maryam ^a   Sobhani, Zahra ^a   Javadi, Behjat ^a   Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^a,b   Emami, Seyed Ahmad ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aloe; Drug discovery; Islamic traditional medicine; Xanthorrhoeaceae

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALOE ARBORESCENS EXTRACT; ALOE BARBADENSIS EXTRACT; ALOE EMODIN; ALOE FEROX EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALOENIN; ALOIN; CAROTENOID; CHROMONE DERIVATIVE; CHRYSOPHANIC ACID; EMODIN; FLAVONOID; GLYCOPROTEIN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ALOE; ALOE ARBORESCENS; ALOE FEROX; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ASTHMA; BOTANY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLITIS; DIAPER DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL HERPES; GINGIVITIS; HAIR GROWTH; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE POLYP; IRRITABLE COLON; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INJURY; LICHEN PLANUS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG INJURY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SCABIES; SKIN INJURY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; INFLAMMATION; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ALOE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84991619084     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: 19506007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2016.09.096     Document Type: Review

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