Literature review of Aloe vera cytotoxicity
1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Pharmacy College, Sana`a University, Sanaa, Yemen.
2 The Regional Center for Mycology and Biotechnology, Al-Azhar University, 11787, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
Review Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022, 21(02), 211-219
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2022.21.2.0430
Publication history:
Received on 04 October 2022; revised on 21 November 2022; accepted on 23 November 2022
Abstract:
Aloe vera juice enables the body to heal from cancer and from the damage caused by radio and chemotherapy that destroys healthy immune cells crucial for recovery. Aloe vera emodin, an anthraquinone, can suppress or inhibit the growth of cancer cells making it have antineoplastic properties. The role of Aloe in carcinogenicity has not been evaluated well. The chronic abuse of Anthracoid-containing laxatives has been hypothesized to play a role in colorectal cancer. Aloe vera tincture and melatonin administration were studied as standard therapy against metastatic solid tumors. (c, 2016 For thousands of years, plants are an important source of medicine in pharmaceutical biology. As per WHO, 80% of the population today relies on traditional medicine.
Keywords:
Aloe vera; Cell-line; Cancer; Extracts
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