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Common Names
Bitter Aloes; Aloe
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 6.0 | 940.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| POLYPHENOLS | 30 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Juice | not available | not available | not available | Gowda, D. C., Nellisiddaiah, B., Anjaneyalu, Y. V. 1979. Structural Studies of Polysaccharides from Aloe vera. Carbohydr. Res. 72: 201-205. |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Haq, Q. N., Hannan, A. 1981. Studies on Glucogalactomannan from the Leaves of Aloe vera. Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 16: 68-72. |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| POLYURONIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 100.0 | 850.0 | -1.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 3339.0 | -1.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Juice | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Waller, G. R., Mangiafico, S., Ritchey, C. R. 1978. A Chemical Investigation of Aloe barbadensis. Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 58: 69-. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 10000.0 | 57000.0 | -1.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEINASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| PTEROYLGLUTAMIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| PURINE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 56.0 | not available | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| QUINONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| RESIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| RESITANNOLS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Waller, G. R., Mangiafico, S., Ritchey, C. R. 1978. A Chemical Investigation of Aloe barbadensis. Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 58: 69-. |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHEIN | 18 | Juice | not available | not available | not available | Vittori, N., Collins, M. 1996. Production of Rhein and Rhein Derivatives for Treatment of Mycobacterial Infections. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fungitoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Genotoxic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gonadotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemagglutinator | 1 | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Hematopoietic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoprotective | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hyperglycemic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990. |