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IMMUNE SYSTEM

Atherton, Peter (Dr, MBChB, DObst, RCOG, MRCGP). (1997, June/July). Aloe vera: Myth or medicine? Positive Health. Issue 20.

Abstract: Author is convinced that there is enough evidence available now to suggest that the properties of this amazing plant should be properly tested, to prove whether or not there is just a myth or real medicine here.

Fortak, Waldemar. (1964). Biostymin, extract of Aloe histologic and histochemical studies on the influence of biostymin on regeneration of hepatic parenchyma in white rats. Archivum Immunologiae El Therapiae Experimentalis,12, 80-95.

Abstract: A study on healing of injured white rats by a product developed in Poland from Aloe juice, called Biostymin, meaning biogenic stimulator, made from Aloe aborescens.

Fortak, Waldemar, Karasek, Michal, & Kolaszynski, Jacek. (1964). Biostymin: Aloe extract histologic and histochemical studies on the mechanism of action of biostymin in the animal body. Archivum Immunologiae El Therapiae Experimentalis, 12, 96-105.

Abstract: This study was undertaken with the idea of elucidating, by means of morphochemical methods, the effect of Biostymin on the reticuleondothelial system of the spleen and the action of the drug on the adrenals in white rats.

Imanishi, Ken̛ichi. (1993). Aloctin A, an active substance of Aloe arborescens Miller as immunomodulator. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tokyo Women’s Medical College, Tokyo, Japan, 1-4.

Abstract: In this article, I would like to describe the antitumor activity of Aloe A using methylcholanthrene-induced nurine fibrosarcoma (MethA) and lymphocytic leukemia in syngeneic mouse systems.

Karaca, K., Sharma, J. M., & Nordgren, R. (1995). Nitric oxide production by chicken macrophages activated by Acemannan. International 1. Immuno Pharmacology, 17(3), 183-188.

Abstract: Cultures of normal chicken spleen cells and HD11 line cells produce nitric oxide (NO) in response to Acemannan, a complex carbohydrate derived from the Aloe vera plant. Neither cell type produced detectable amounts of NO in response to similar concentrations of yeast mannan, another complex carbohydrate. Nitric oxide production was dose dependent and inhibitable by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N G-methyl-L-arginine. In addition, the production of NO was inhibited by preincubation of ACM with concanavalin A in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that ACM-induced NO synthesis may be mediated through macrophage mannose receptors, and macrophage activation may be accountable for some of the immunomodulatory effects of ACM in chickens.

Ni, Y., & Tizard, I. (1996). Lectin-carbohydrate interaction in the immune system. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 55, 205-223.

Abstract: The immune system consists of various types of cells and molecules that specifically interact with each other to initiate the host defense mechanism. Recent studies have shown that carbohydrates and lectins (carbohydrate-binding proteins) play an essential role in mediating such interactions. The development in this area has opened a new aspect in studying the immune system, and at the same time, provided new therapeutic routes for the treatment and prevention of disease.

Pittman, J. C. (1992). Immune enhancing effects of Aloe. Health Conscious,13(1), 2830.

Abstract: Galactomannans are a class of long-chain sugars derived from plants, which have been shown in laboratory and clinical studies to have a wide variety of immune stimulating and protective effects within the body. In studying the different sources of this polymer, it has been discovered that the Aloe barbadensis plant contains the greatest concentration of acetylated mannan which is also the most active form of mannans. This "acemannan" has been shown to have many effects in the body, mostly impacting on the gastrointestinal and immune systems, which are intricately related. Whole-leaf aloe vera is strongly recommended in the treatment of immune deficiency disorders. It plays a prominent role in the treatment of these illnesses.

Russiyan, M., & Khlopushina, A. (N.D.) On the biogenic stimulators of Aloe arborescens. Extract of Aloe, Supplement to Clinical Data, Medexport, USSR, Moscow, Tashkent Pharmaceutical Institute, Russia.

Abstract: Test was conducted to study the effect of cinnamic and salicylic acids in combination with extracts from fresh and preserved Aloe arborescens leaves.

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