Levantamento bibliográfico sobre as propriedades biológicas da Aloe vera frente à cicatrização de feridas

Abstract

Aloe vera, also known as babosa, is widely used in the treatment of wounds, antiinflammatory, laxative and skin repairing actions. In this aspect, the general objective of the work was the bibliographical survey on the biological properties of Aloe vera in relation to the healing of wounds and, in this way, the specific objective was elaborated, which was the activity carried out by Aloin in terms of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, laxative activities and skin repair. The methodology used for the development of the work was an integrative literature review focusing on the functions performed by Aloe vera, but also on the role of aloin as a secondary metabolite. The study was developed based on bibliographic exploratory research, in the research bases: Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo), Google Scholar, National Library of Medicine (NIH-PubMed), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences( LILACS), this search was carried out from April to June 2023. Aloe vera, in all the studies analyzed, proved to be a great herbal tool in wound healing, as well as in antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, skin repair and laxative activities. In most of the writings about the genus Aloe reported that its therapeutic potential refers to the substances present in the leaves of the plant and that it brings to the research the importance of its componentes. Therefore, through the catches used in the construction of this work was verified the healing property of Aloe vera and the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, laxative and restorative properties of the skin exerted by aloin.