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Aloe vera (Aloeaceae)

Common Names
Bitter Aloes; Aloe
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
-D-GLUCITOL 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
1,1,2-TRIPHENYL-CYCLOPROPANE 0 Juice Yamaguchi, I., Mega, N., Sanada, H. 1993. Components of the Gel of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F. Biosci Biotech Biochem 57(8): 1350-1352.
1,1-BIS-(2-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHYL-PHENYL)-2-METHYL-PROPANE 0 Juice Yamaguchi, I., Mega, N., Sanada, H. 1993. Components of the Gel of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F. Biosci Biotech Biochem 57(8): 1350-1352.
1,8-DIHYDROXYANTHRACENE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
10-HYDROXYALOIN-A 0 Juice 3535.0 Ikamura, N., Hine, N., Harada, S., Fujioka, T., Mihashi, K., Nishi, M., Miyahara, K., Yagi, A. 1997. Diastereomeric C-Glucosylanthrones of Aloe vera Leaves. Phtochemistry, 45(7): 1519-1522.
10-HYDROXYALOIN-B 0 Juice 2172.0 Ikamura, N., Hine, N., Harada, S., Fujioka, T., Mihashi, K., Nishi, M., Miyahara, K., Yagi, A. 1997. Diastereomeric C-Glucosylanthrones of Aloe vera Leaves. Phtochemistry, 45(7): 1519-1522.
15-METHYL-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Juice Yamaguchi, I., Mega, N., Sanada, H. 1993. Components of the Gel of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F. Biosci Biotech Biochem 57(8): 1350-1352.
2(3H)-BENZOTHIAZOLONE 0 Juice Yamaguchi, I., Mega, N., Sanada, H. 1993. Components of the Gel of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F. Biosci Biotech Biochem 57(8): 1350-1352.
2-METHYL-2-PHYTYL-6-CHROMANOL 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
3,3'-BIS-P-MENTHANE 0 Juice Yamaguchi, I., Mega, N., Sanada, H. 1993. Components of the Gel of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F. Biosci Biotech Biochem 57(8): 1350-1352.
4-HYDROXY-3,5-DI-TERT-BUTYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Juice Yamaguchi, I., Mega, N., Sanada, H. 1993. Components of the Gel of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F. Biosci Biotech Biochem 57(8): 1350-1352.
7-HYDROXY-6'-O-P-COUMAROYL-ALOIN-A 0 Leaf Rauwald, H. W. 1987. New Hydroxyaloins: The 'Periodate-Positive' Substance from Cape Aloes and Cinnamoyl Esters from Curacao Aloes. Pharm. Weekbl. (Sci. Ed.) 9(4): 215.
7-HYDROXY-6'-O-P-COUMAROYL-ALOIN-B 0 Leaf Rauwald, H. W. 1987. New Hydroxyaloins: The 'Periodate-Positive' Substance from Cape Aloes and Cinnamoyl Esters from Curacao Aloes. Pharm. Weekbl. (Sci. Ed.) 9(4): 215.
7-HYDROXY-8-O-METHYL-ALOIN-A 0 Juice 2143.0 Ikamura, N., Hine, N., Harada, S., Fujioka, T., Mihashi, K., Nishi, M., Miyahara, K., Yagi, A. 1997. Diastereomeric C-Glucosylanthrones of Aloe vera Leaves. Phtochemistry, 45(7): 1519-1522.
7-HYDROXY-8-O-METHYL-ALOIN-B 0 Juice 1608.0 Ikamura, N., Hine, N., Harada, S., Fujioka, T., Mihashi, K., Nishi, M., Miyahara, K., Yagi, A. 1997. Diastereomeric C-Glucosylanthrones of Aloe vera Leaves. Phtochemistry, 45(7): 1519-1522.
7-HYDROXY-CHROMONE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
7-HYDROXYALOIN 0 Plant Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
8-C-GLUCOSYL-(S)-ALOESOL 0 Juice 50.9 Okamura, N., Hine, N., Tateyama, Y., Nakazawa, M., Fujioka, T., Mihashi, K., Yagi, A. 1997. Three Chromones of Aloe vera Leaves. Phytochemistry, 45(7): 1511-1513.
8-C-GLUCOSYL-7-O-METHYL-(S)-ALOESOL 0 Juice Okamura, N., Hine, N., Tateyama, Y., Nakazawa, M., Fujioka, T., Mihashi, K., Yagi, A. 1997. Three Chromones of Aloe vera Leaves. Phytochemistry, 45(7): 1511-1513.
8-C-GLUCOSYL-7-O-METHYL-(S)-ALOESOL 0 Leaf Okamura, N., Asai, M., Hine, N., Yagi, A. 1996. High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Phenolic Compounds in Aloe Species. J. Chromatogr. 746(2): 225-231.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Keratitigenic 1 Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 11 *
Leptingenic 1 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
Leucocytogenic 1 *
Lipotropic 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic 2 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Lymphogenic 1 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Lymphokinetic 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Memorigenic 2 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-2-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-7-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *