title: Modulation of Immune Response of BALB/Mice Bearing Lymphoma L5178Y Treated with Bitter Yellow Juice of Aloe vera (L) in vivo.
abstract: Aloe vera (L), a plant of African origin, has been introduced in Mexico since XVIth century. It has been used in the treatment of many diseases of immune system. In the present study we investigated a specific and non-specific immune response of BALB/c mice, healthy and immunosuppressed with murine lymphoma L5178Y, treated with bitter yellow juice (extract) of Aloe vera (L). We observed that the immunosuppressed mice, treated with the whole extract of the bitter yellow juice achieved restoration of immunological parameters in cellular immune response and phagocytosis. On the other hand, the humoral immunity was not restored. Also, in the healthy rodents treated with the extract, it caused the stimulation of specific and non-specific responses, the results had significant differences with the obtained ones in untreated mice.
authors.affiliation: University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oronzo-Barocio
authors.forename: Galina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zaitseva
authors.forename: Azucena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chavez-Anaya
authors.forename: Veronika I.
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Arceta-Gonzalez
authors.forename: Ana Marija
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Puebla-Perez
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alfaro-Bustamante
authors.forename: Irina V.
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Zimina
authors.forename: Vitaly Ya.
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Arion