The Review on Properties of Aloe Vera in Healing of Cutaneous Wounds

• Published in: BioMed research international Vol. 2015; no. 2015; pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Hashemi, Seyyed Abbas, Abediankenari, Saied, Madani, Seyyed Abdollah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01-01-2015; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Aloe - chemistry; Aloe barbadensis; Aloe vera; Alternative medicine; Angiogenesis; Biomedical research; Collagen; Colleges & universities; Drug dosages; Extracellular matrix; Free radicals; Health aspects; Humans; Insulin; Insulin-like growth factors; Medicinal plants; Methods; Mortality; Phytotherapy; Plant Extracts - chemistry; Plant Extracts - therapeutic use; Review; Rodents; Skin; Skin - drug effects; Skin Diseases - drug therapy; Skin Diseases - pathology; Thrombosis; Vitamin C; Vitamin E; Wound healing; Wound Healing - drug effects
• ISSN: 2314-6133; 2314-6141
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/714216

Treatment of wounds is very important and was subject of different investigations. In this regard, natural substance plays crucial role as complementary medicine. Various studies reported that aloe vera has useful effects on wounds especially cutaneous wounds healing. Therefore in the current review, we examined the effect of aloe vera on cutaneous wound healing and concluded that although aloe vera improves the wound healing as well as other procedures both clinically and experimentally, more studies are still needed to approve the outcomes.