| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 386 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 38 |
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Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 38.
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| Contents |
The Plants : aloes in habitat / Leonard E. Newton -- Taxonomy of Aloaceae / Gideon F. Smith and Elsie M.A. Steyn -- Aloe constituents : aloe chemistry / Tom Reynolds -- Aloe polysaccharides / Yawei Ni, Kenneth M. Yates and Ian R. Tizard -- Aloe lectins and their activities / Hiroshi Kuzuya, Kan Shimpo and Hidehiko Beppu -- Analytical methodology : the gel analysis of aloe pulp and its derivatives / Yawei Ni and Ian R. Tizard -- Analytical methodology : the exudate / Tom Reynolds -- Industrial processing and quality control of A. barbadensis / Ronald P. Pelley, Todd A. Waller and Faith M. Strickland -- Therapeutic activity of aloes: healing powers of aloes / Nicola Mascolo, Angelo A. Izzo, Francesca Borrelli, Giulia di Carlo, Lidia Sautebin and Francesco Capasso -- Aloe vera in wound healing / Gary D. Motykie and John P. Heggers |
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Aloe vera in thermal and frostbite injuries / Michael K. Obeng J., Gary D. Motykie, Robert L. McCauley and P. Heggers -- Plant saccharides and the prevention of sun-induced skin cancer / Faith M. Strickland and Ronald P. Pelley -- Aloes and the immune system / Ian R. Tizard and Lalitha Ramamoorthy -- Bioactivity of A. arborescens preparations / Akira Yagi -- Aloe biology: the chromosomes of aloe : variation on a theme / Peter Brandham -- Aloe leaf anatomy / David F. Cutler -- Pests of aloes / Monique S.J. Simmonds |
| Summary |
A landmark publication, it reviews all botanical, chemical, biochemical and medical information as well as commercial aspects of aloes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Aloe.
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Aloe -- Therapeutic use
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Aloe
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Phytotherapy
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Plants, Medicinal
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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Aloe
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Aloe -- Therapeutic use
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reynolds, Tom, 1933-
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| ISBN |
0203476344 |
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9780203476345 |
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