Plant Aloe vera (Aloeaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bitter Aloes; Aloe

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ARGININE	14	Leaf	not available	78216.0	4.04	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	6260.0	0.14	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASPARAGINE	2	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-.
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	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-.
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BARBALOIN	6	Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARBALOIN	6	Leaf	not available	42400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARBALOIN	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Suga, T., Hirata, T. 1983. The Efficacy of the Aloe Plants Chemical Constituents and Biological Activities. Cosmet. Toiletries 98(6): 105-108.
BARBALOIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Saleem, R., Faizi, S., Deeba, F., Siddiqui, B. S., Qazi, M. H. 1997. Anthrones from Aloe barbadensis. Phytochemistry, 45(6): 1279-1282.
BEHENIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Juice	not available	not available	not available	Yamaguchi, I., Mega, N., Sanada, H. 1993. Components of the Gel of Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F. Biosci Biotech Biochem 57(8): 1350-1352.
BENZYL-ACETONE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BETA-BARBALOIN	0	Juice	not available	not available	not available	Mukerji, B. 1953. The Indian Pharmaceutical Codex. Vol. I-Indigenous Drugs. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India.
BETA-BARBALOIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	=ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	not available	3.0	-1.12	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	7.2	not available	Rowe, T. D., Parks, L. M. 1941. A Phytochemical Study of Aloe vera Leaf. J. Amer. Pharm. Ass. Sci. Ed., 30: 262-266.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRADYKININASE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	190.0	4600.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Rowe, T. D., Parks, L. M. 1941. A Phytochemical Study of Aloe vera Leaf. J. Amer. Pharm. Ass. Sci. Ed., 30: 262-266.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Protease-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Proteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Purgative	7	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Kandasamy, S. B. 1977. Central Effect of 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid (Arachidonic Acid) on the Temperature in the Conscious Rabbit. Experientia, 33: 1626.
Respirodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sedative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Styptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.