Ferro, V.A. and Habeeb, F. and Stables, Graham and Bradbury, F. and nong, S. and Cameron, P. and Plevin, R.J. (2007) The inner gel component of aloe vera suppresses bacterial-induced pro-inflammatory cytokines from human immune cells. Methods, 42 (4). pp. 388-393. ISSN 1046-2023
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The present study was carried out to examine the anti-inflammatory activity of the inner leaf gel component of Aloe barbadensis Miller. A simple in vitro assay was designed to determine the effect of the inner gel on bacterial-induced pro-inflammatory cytokine production, namely TNF-α and IL-1β, from peripheral blood leukocytes stimulated with Shigella flexneri or LPS. This report describes the suppression of both cytokines with a freeze-dried inner gel powder and a commercial health drink from the same source. Comparison was made with a human monocytic cell-line (THP-1 cells) and a similar trend in responses was demonstrated.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 10387 |
| Keywords: | aloe vera , anti-inflammatory, inflammation, pro-inflammatory cytokines, Pharmacy and materia medica, Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Subjects: | Medicine > Pharmacy and materia medica Medicine > Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Department: | Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Science Faculty of Science > Physiology & Pharmacology |
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| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2011 15:13 |
| Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 10:53 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/10387 |
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