| Protective |
Healing |
| Mucus Secreting, may be due to gel like structure [52,53,55]. |
Antiulcer andAcceleration of wound healing [55-57] |
| Cytoprotective, due to active ingredients like tannin, saponins and flavonoids [50,53,55,58]. |
Antiinflammatory [24,59-61] |
| Emollient Agent, due to gel like structure and water content [57,59,62] |
Anticancer (Cancer complication of peptic ulcer) Acemannan is the name given to the major carbohydrate fraction obtained from the gel of the Aloe vera leaf [56,63] |
| Antibacterial [56,63] |
Immunomodulatory, gel polysaccharides acetylated mannans, [55,63,64] |
| Antiseptic [56,63] |
Decrease Acid secretion due to lectin [13] leukocyte adherence in postcapillary venule and TNF-alpha level [65]. |
| Antioxidant, Aloe vera |
Increased epithelial cell proliferation and gastric glands became elongated Level [36,39,66,67] Hematopoietic activity [34] |
| contains vitamin C, E, zinc and seven superoxide dismutases [53,66] |
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