Aloes
Subtitle: the genus aloe
By: edited by Tom Reynolds.
Contributors: Reynolds, Tom, 1933-
Series: Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles -- v. 38
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boca Raton, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: Aloe.; Aloe -- Therapeutic use.; Aloe.; Phytotherapy.; Plants, Medicinal.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: The Plants: aloes in habitat / Leonard E. Newton; title: Taxonomy of aloaceae / Gideon F. Smith and Elsie M.A. Steyn; title: Aloe constituents: aloe chemistry / Tom Reynolds; title: Aloe polysaccharides / Yawei Ni, Kenneth M. Yates and Ian R. Tizard; title: Aloe lectins and their activities / Hiroshi Kuzuya, Kan Shimpo and Hidehiko Beppu; title: Analytical methodology: the gel analysis of aloe pulp and its derivatives / Yawei Ni and Ian R. Tizard; title: Analytical methodology: the exudate / Tom Reynolds; title: Industrial processing and quality control of Aloe barbadensis (Aloe vera) gel / Todd A. Waller, Ronald P. Pelley and Faith M. Strickland; title: Therapeutic activity of aloes: healing powers of aloes / Nicola Mascolo, Angelo A. Izzo, Francesca Borrelli, Raffaele Capasso, Giulia di Carlo, Lidia Sautebin and Francesco Capasso; title: Aloe vera in wound healing / Gary D. Motykie, Michael K. Obeng and John P. Heggers.; title: Aloe vera in thermal and frostbite injuries / Michael K. Obeng, Gary D. Motykie, Amer Dastgir, Robert L. McCauley and John P. Heggers; title: Plant saccharides and the prevention of sun-induced skin cancer / Faith M. Strickland and Ronald P. Pelley; title: Aloes and the immune system / Ian R. Tizard and Lalitha Ramamoorthy; title: Bioactivity of Aloe arborescens preparations / Akira Yagi; title: Aloe biology: the chromosomes of aloe: variation on a theme / Peter Brandham; title: Aloe leaf anatomy / David F. Cutler; title: Pests of aloes / Monique S.J. Simmonds.