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- Title
Effects of Carbon Nanomaterials and Aloe vera on Melanomas—Where Are We? Recent Updates.
- Authors
de Carvalho Lima, Elidamar Nunes; Barros Martins, Guilherme Leão; Diaz, Ricardo Sobhie; Schechter, Mauro; Piqueira, José Roberto Castilho; Justo, João Francisco
- Abstract
Melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer that affects approximately 140,000 people worldwide each year, with a high fatality rate. Available treatment modalities show limited efficacy in more severe cases. Hence, the search for new treatment modalities, including immunotherapies, for curing, mitigating, and/or preventing cancer is important and urgently needed. Carbon nanoparticles associated with some plant materials, such as Aloe vera, have shown appealing antineoplastic activity, derived mainly from the compounds aloin, aloe-emodin, barbaloin acemannan, and octapeptide, thus representing new possibilities as antitumor agents. This systematic review aims to arouse interest and present the possibilities of using Aloe vera combined with carbon-based nanomaterials as an antineoplastic agent in the treatment and prevention of melanoma. Limitations and advances in melanoma treatment using functionalized carbon nanomaterials are discussed here. Moreover, this review provides the basis for further studies designed to fully explore the potential of carbon nanomaterials associated with Aloe vera in the treatment of various cancers, with a focus on melanoma.
- Subjects
ALOE; NANOSTRUCTURED materials; ALOE vera; MELANOMA; SKIN cancer; DEATH rate; CARBON
- Publication
Pharmaceutics, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 10, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1999-4923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pharmaceutics14102004