Wound Healing and Toxicity Evaluation of Aloe vera Cream on Outpatients with Second Degree Burns

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  • Abdolazim Ghalambor Taleghani Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  • Shahram Allipanah Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy
Abstract:

      Aloe vera is a tropical plant belonging to the Liliaceae family. It has beneficialeffects in variety of diseases. The aim of this study was to formulate a topical cream from A. vera with wound burn healing effect and to perform its clinical trial. A total of 30 patients (20 males and 10 females in the age range of 20-50 years) with second degree burn wounds on their both hands were selected for the study. The subjects used A. vera topical formulation or silver sulfadiazine 1% cream on each hand as the test and control, symmetrically. The rate of healing was measured and compared on 0 to 18 days after treatment. Results indicated that average percent of healing with A. vera on day 10 was 90.6% compared with silver sulfadiazine which was only 29.8% (pA. vera on burn wounds without any adverse dermal toxic effects is very promisingand it may be employed in management of burn wound, routinely.  

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volume 3  issue 3

pages  157- 160

publication date 2007-07-01

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