Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Aloe spp. (Aloeaceae)

Common Names
Aloe
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 0.1 22.0 -0.76 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 31.0 6260.0 0.14 *
ASH 0 Leaf *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 0.2 31.0 -1.00 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 23.0 4600.0 -0.95 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 4480.0 896000.0 2.26 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf *
COBALT 2 Leaf *
FAT 0 Leaf 40.0 8000.0 -0.97 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf 177000.0 1.29 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf 660000.0 3.43 *
IRON 6 Leaf 4.1 -0.91 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 5.0 930.0 -1.23 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 0.6 -0.46 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 0.3 64.0 -0.41 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 5.0 940.0 -0.74 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 4.0 850.0 -1.30 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 285.0 57000.0 -1.54 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 2.3 -0.21 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacne 5 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 2 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antiaging 3 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 3 (View) *
Antialopecic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.