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Pengaruh Lidah Buaya (Aloe vera L.) pada Paru-Paru Tikus yang Diinduksi Asap Rokok (The Effect of Aloe vera L. in Rat Lungs After Cigarette Smoke Induction)

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The incident of smoking is one of the world’s health problems, as smoking increases he incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Aloe vera L has anti-inflammatory, immunomodulator, and β-sitosterol properties. A research was conducted to observe its effects in preventing the cell apoptotic events as well as the increasing numbers of macrophages and the decreasing phagocytotic function of macrophages in rat’s lung (Rattus norvegicus) that has been induced by cigarettes smoke. The study was conducted in January 2009–January 2010, located in Department of Cell Biology, Clinical Pathology, Anatomy Pathology and Health Research Unit of Faculty of Medicine University of Padjadjaran.This experimental study was conducted on rats which were divided into 3 groups each consisted 8 rats for 42 days in treatments. The data were collected from number of macrophages and its activity and also alveoli epithelial cell Bcl2 expression observation, than statistical analytic was performed using Mann-Whitney test. Result showed the significant difference (p

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MKB: Majalah Kedokteran Bandung, 44 (3) 2012 : 159

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Bandung : FK UNPAD., 2012

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6p

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0126-074x

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smoke
lung
ALOE

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