The positive interaction between polysaccharides with active phytochemicals found in medicinal plants may represent a strategy to create active wound dressing materials useful for skin repair. In the present work, blended membranes composed of chitosan (Cht) and aloe vera gel were prepared through the solvent casting, and were crosslinked with genipin to improve their properties. Topography, sw...

We examine how a person " s existing Web browsing experience on first language Web pages can be augmented to teach second language vocabulary. We present a prototype, ALOE, which runs inside the Firefox web browser and dynamically augments Web pages by replacing a select set of English words with their French translations. The French translations are embedded in the rich context of a Web pages ...

Some plants are known as medicinal because they contain active substances that cause certain reaction, from relenting to the cure of disease. Aloe vera Linn. and Azadirachta indica are most important and common medicinal plants. The synergistic effect from the combination of antibiotics with plant extracts against resistant bacteria leads to new ways for the treatment of infectious diseases. Sy...

for centuries, aloe vera has been used by many different cultures. the ancient greeks, the romans, the babylonians, indians and the chinese have all used aloe vera as a medicinal plant. one of the common experimental cancer models is sarcoma-180. when aloe was administered to mice bearing s-180 tumors, the tumor growth was inhibited. aloe vera is a dietary supplement and not a regulated drug. t...

BACKGROUND A critical outcome of periodontal diseases is degradation of collagen in the periodontal tissues, by enzymes such as Matrix Metallo-Proteinases (MMPs). Doxycycline is known to down-regulate the activity of MMPs. Azadirachta indica (Neem) and Aloe vera are herbs known to have an anti-inflammatory effect. The present study was designed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect of Neem a...

Aloe barbadensis Miller (Aloe vera) is an herbal remedy promoted to treat a variety of illnesses; however, only limited data are available on the safety of this dietary supplement. Drinking water exposure of F344/N rats and B6C3F1 mice to an Aloe vera whole-leaf extract (1, 2, and 3%) for 13 weeks resulted in goblet cell hyperplasia of the large intestine in both species. Based upon this observ...

Medicinal plants are very ancient and only true natural medicines useful in several ways for the treatment of different diseases. They can be used directly or in extracted forms for the management of various ailments due to presence of various phytochemicals[1]. For the prevention and treatment of various health ailments, plants and isolated phytochemicals have been used from time immemorial. A...

BACKGROUND Failure in complete healing of the wound is one of the probable complications of cesarean. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of dressing with aloe vera gel in healing of cesarean wound. METHODS This prospective randomized double-blind clinical trial was conducted on 90 women who had undergone cesarean operation in Amir-al-Momenin hospital (Gerash, Iran). The pa...

Consumption of Cassia occidentalis (CO) seeds has been associated with the hepatomyoencephalopathy (HME) in children. Recently, we have characterized the toxic anthraquinones (AQs) such as Emodin, Rhein, Aloe-emodin, Chrysophanol and Physcion in CO seeds and detected these moieties in the bio fluids of CO poisoning cases. As AQs were detected in the serum of HME patients, their interaction with...

The influence of Aloe vera (L.) Burman f. on the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) components of the matrix in a healing wound was studied. Wound healing is a dynamic and complex sequence of events of which the major one is the synthesis of extracellular matrix components. The early stage of wound healing is characterized by the laying down of a provisional matrix, which is then followed by the formation...