Antibacterial Effect of Aloe Vera to Gram-Negative Bacteria on Wounds, An Overview

Abstract

As a result of the indiscriminate application of commercial antimicrobial drugs for multiple drug tolerance in human pathogenic diseases, the treatment of bacterial infections of microorganisms has emerged. Many environmental variations cause them to survive and cause various infections under different conditions: temperature, molarity, radiation, toxins, and limited nutrients. It has been estimated that nearly 2 million patients have bacterial infections caused by gram-negative bacteria resistant to antibiotics and approximately more than 23,000 deaths caused by this infection in the United States. Aloe vera is a succulent short-stemmed perennial herb in the Liliaceae family with many therapeutic properties, including abortifacient, analgesic, anaesthetic,antiasthmatic, and antibacterial. Aloe vera was proven to be effective due to its antibacterial effect because of anthraquinones and salicylic acid which act as antiseptics.