Experiment 1096890
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Aloe vera (LILIACEAE) |
| Citation | SHIP,AG:. (1977). IS TOPICAL ALOE VERA PLANT MUCUS HELPFUL IN BURN TREATMENT?. 238() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | AN EDITORIAL REPLY TO A QUESTION SUBMITTED REGARDING THE EFFICACY OF THE MUCUS FROM FRESHLY CUT LEAVES OF ALOE VERA AS A REMEDY FOR FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS. NO REFERENCES WERE CITED. THE ANSWER WAS AMBIVALENT, QUOTING A STUDY IN 1955 WHERE THE RESULTS WERE DESCRIBED AS "LIKE THE LEGENDARY PHOENIX IN CRAB GRASS: ALOE VERA COMES BACK TO HAUNT US AGAIN". THIS WORKER CONCLUDED THAT THE PRODUCT HAD NO MEANINGFUL VALUE IN THE TREATMENT OF BURNS. THE REPLY CONTINUED TO POINT OUT THAT ANY CREAM OR OINTMENT PREVENTS "DRYING OUT" OF THE BURN WOUND AND THUS GIVES A SOOTHING EFFECT AND DECREASES PAIN. IN A STUDY CARRIED OUT IN GALVESTON,TEXAS, ALOE VERA KEPT THE FRESHLY HEALED BURNS OR BURN SCARS SOFT AND PLIABLE BUT IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENTS WERE MORE SATISFIED WITH A GOOD CREAM LOTION, THAN WITH ALOE VERA. |
| Dose amount | FS |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | JUICE |