Aloe vera is considered as a cosmeceutical herb i.e. a blend of cosmetic and pharmaceutical product. The gel from its leaves finds a wide range of cosmetic and therapeutic applications which include anti-wrinkle creams, moisturizers, sunscreens, haircare products and wound healing, treatment of burns, frostbite, inflammation, diabetes and cancer. It is also used as protective against radiation ...

removing the bacteria, including enterococcus faecalis, from the root canal is one of the important aims in endodontic treatment.we aimed to compare the antibacterial activity of chlorhexidine with two natural drugs. the antibacterial activities of three different propolis extracts (alcohol concentrations: 0, 15, 40%) and aloe vera gel on e. faecalis were compared using three methods: disk diff...

In view of the increasing demand of value added herbal products, an attempt was made to produce a functional fermented Aloe vera based herbal wine. The wine was evaluated for effect on probiotics and food borne pathogens. Aloe vera gel, supplemented with sugar proved to be a good medium for the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for making the Aloe vera wine. The wine was found to be similar to...

Aloe vera L. (syn. A. barbadensis Miller.) is a perennial succulent plant belonging to the Liliaceae family. The plant is known traditionally as the “healing plant” and is claimed to possess wound-healing, burn-healing, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, antiallergic, anti-diabetic, and UV protective properties. Due to these therapeutic properties A. vera is being used in a vari...

The gels of Aloe species contain immunomodulatory components such as aloctin A and acemannan. Most studies on these gels were performed in in vitro cell culture systems. Although several studies examined their immunomodulatory activity in vivo, the route of administration was intraperitoneal or intramuscular. Here, we evaluated the in vivo immunomodulatory activity of processed Aloe vera gel (P...

The importance and use of herbal remedies (turmeric, tulsi, amla and aloe vera etc.) has been reviewed systematically. Turmeric (curcumin), acts as an antioxidant, antimutagenic, antiinflamatory and antimicrobial agent and protect liver against a variety of toxicants. Tulsi (eugenol) have anticancer properties, reduced blood glucose levels, total cholesterol levels and promotes immune system fu...

In the present study, an attempt has been made to evaluate the presence of antioxidant property in the alcoholic extract of Aloe vera leaf gel. Oral administration of Aloe vera gel extract at a concentration of 300 mg/kg to diabetic rats significantly decreased the levels of blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin and increased hemoglobin. The increased levels of lipid peroxidation and hydropero...

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...