Author Wo?niak A, Paduch R.
Ocular diseases are currently an important problem in modern societies. Patients suffer from various ophthalmologic ailments namely, conjunctivitis, dry eye, dacryocystitis or degenerative diseases. Therefore, there is a need to introduce new treatment methods, including medicinal plants usage. Aloe vera [Aloe barbadensis Miller (Liliaceae)] possesses wound-healing properties and shows immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory or antioxidant activities, Corneal epithelium is the most external layer of eye surface and therefore it is especially exposed to various harmful factors, among typical environmental agents influencing corneal lineage uniformity, there are also plant components which could be potentially used in eye drops. To analyze morphology, functionality and viability of corneal layer to chemical stress, we used to establish 10.014 pRSV-T cell line to test Aloe vera extract activity. This evaluation was performed to assess the potential usefulness of Aloe components to be applied in eye drops in the future.
