Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/19323775
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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2009-3-27
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pubmed:abstractText |
A 2-y carcinogenicity study of Aloe, Aloe arborescens Miller var. natalensis Berger, a food additive, was conducted for assessment of toxicity and carcinogenic potential in the diet at doses of 4% or 0.8% in groups of male and female Wistar Hannover rats. Both sexes receiving 4% showed diarrhea, with loss of body weight gain. The survival rate in the 4% female group was significantly increased compared with control females after 2 y. Hematological and biochemical examination showed increase of RBC, Hb, and Alb in the 4% males. The cause of these increases could conceivably have been dehydration through diarrhea. AST and Na were significantly decreased in the males receiving 4%, and Cl was significantly decreased in both 4% and 0.8% males. A/G was significantly increased in the 4% females, and Cl was significantly decreased (0.8%) in the female group. Histopathologically, both sexes receiving 4% showed severe sinus dilatation of ileocecal lymph nodes, and yellowish pigmentation of ileocecal lymph nodes and renal tubules. Adenomas or adenocarcinomas in the cecum, colon, and rectum were observed in 4% males but not in the 0.8% and control male groups. Similarly, in females, adenomas in the colon were also observed in the 4% but not 0.8% and control groups. In conclusion, Aloe, used as a food additive, exerted equivocal carcinogenic potential at 4% high-dose level on colon in the 2-y carcinogenicity study in rats. Aloe is not carcinogenic at nontoxic-dose levels and that carcinogenic potential in at 4% high-dose level on colon is probably due to irritation of the intestinal tract by diarrhea.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Emodin,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glucosides,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Plant Extracts,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/alloin,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/aloenin
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Mar
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pubmed:issn |
1750-3841
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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pubmed:volume |
74
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
T24-30
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Aloe,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Colonic Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Diarrhea,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Disease Models, Animal,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Emodin,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Glucosides,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Plant Extracts,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Plant Leaves,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Rats, Wistar,
pubmed-meshheading:19323775-Survival Rate
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pubmed:year |
2009
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Equivocal colonic carcinogenicity of Aloe arborescens Miller var. natalensis berger at high-dose level in a Wistar Hannover rat 2-y study.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Dept of Pathology and Host-Defense, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa Univ, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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