Author Saeedeh Darzi Kallyanashis Paul ,Shanilka Leitan ,Jerome A. Werkmeister and Shayanti Mukherjee
Aloe vera (AV), a succulent plant belonging to the Liliaceae family, has been widely used for biomedical and pharmaceutical application. Its popularity stems from several of its bioactive components that have anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory and even immunomodulatory effects. Given such unique multi-modal biological impact, Aloe Vera has been considered as a biomaterial for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering applications, where tissue repair and neo-angiogenesis are vital, scientific evidence that demonstrates the advantage of Aloe Vera as tissue engineering scaffolds, biomaterials, regenerative medicine, foreign body response, macromolecules, anti-inflammatory material, bioink, tissue engineering