<i>Aloe vera</i>—Mechanisms of Action, Uses, and Potential Uses in Plastic Surgery and Wound Healing

• 作者: Anamaria Parus Connor W. Barnes Martin C. Robson Matthew E. Hiro Waylon M. Zeng Wyatt G. Payne
• 来源期刊: 外科学(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Aloe vera Wound Healing Anti-Inflammatory PROSTAGLANDIN ANTI-MICROBIAL ANTI-OXIDANT Angiogenesis
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（10）
• 页码范围: 312-328
• 页数: 17页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

<em>Aloe vera</em> has been used for centuries for medicinal purposes. Clinical and experimental evidence indicates usefulness for skin moisturization, promoting wound healing, thermal skin injury, frostbite, and ischemic skin insults. <em>Aloe vera</em> has anti-inflammatory, vasodilatory, antimicrobial, and proliferative actions, which have been investigated in various experimental models and in various in vitro studies. This extensive literature review of the properties and actions of <em>Aloe vera</em> finds substantial evidence for the reported and also likely clinical usefulness for <em>Aloe vera</em> in Plastic Surgery and in wound care and wound healing. Though further clinical investigation is warranted, Aloe vera use may likely be indicated in situations where its effects could positively influence outcomes, such as wound healing, flap vascularity, and inflammatory skin pathologies.