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Plant Aloe vera (Aloeaceae)

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
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf not available 896000.0 2.26 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CASANTHRANOL-I 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CASANTHRANOL-II 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CATALASE 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CHLORIDE 0 Leaf 10.0 110.0 not available Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
CHOLESTEROL 1 Leaf 40.0 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 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.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Shoot not available not available not available Afzal, M., Ali, M., Hassan, R. A. H., Sweedan, N., Dhami, M. S. I. 1991. Identification of Some Prostanoids in Aloe vera Extracts. Plant Medica, 57(1): 38-40.
CHOLINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CHOLINE-SALICYLATE 2 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHRYSAMMINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
CHRYSAZIN 5 Leaf not available not available not available Zwaving, J. H., Elema, E. T. 1976. A Comparative Investigation of Two Methods for the Determination of 1,8-dihydroxyanthracene Derivatives in Vegetable Drugs. Pharm. Weekbl. 111: 1315-.
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Juice 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-.
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Mary, N. Y., Christensen, B. V., Beal, J. L. 1956. A Paper Chromatographic Study of Aloe, Aloin and Cascara sagrada. J. Amer. Pharm. Ass. Sci. Ed., 45: 229-232.
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOPHANOL 10 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Termitifuge 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Muller, S. O., Eckert, I., Lutz, W. K., Stopper, H. 1996. Genotoxicity of the Laxative Drug Components Emodin, Aloe-emodin and Danthron in Mammalian Cells: Topoisomerase II Mediated? Mutat Res, 371: 165-173.
Toxic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tranquilizer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tuberculostatic 1 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric 5 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator 8 Duke, 1992 *
Vasorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *