Aloe barbadensis: how a miraculous plant becomes reality
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Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis, Aloe capensis).
BACKGROUND: Aloe vera, a succulent plant prevalent in hot, dry regions of Asia, Africa, and other areas, has been used in traditional medicine for many centuries. It is easily propagated in most places where the climate is hot and dry. The gel and dried latex obtained from aloe leaves are used for relief of constipation; for wound healing; and for treatment of burns, psoriasis, frostbite, ulcer...
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In ayurveda, a tradional system of medicine, aloe vera (Aloe Barbadensis) is commonly used in sunburn, minor cuts, insect bites and used as wound healing, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antitumor, laxative and in the treatment of frostbite and psoriasis. The whole plant as well as its specific parts (leaves, roots), plant extracts and its active constituent mucopolysaccharides [MPS] (long chain ...
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Aloe plants can be grown autotrophically in a maintenance-free, sterile, ex vitro environment. Excel, 15-5-15 plus minors fertilizer formulation and Plant Preservative Medium (PPM) biocide was used as a very economical basal medium. In vitro micropropagated plantlets were regenerated in Excel media with 2 g /L sucrose and 2.2 μM 6-Benzylamino purine (BA) and used to initiate ex vitro cultures i...
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The polysaccharide and flavonoid concentrations of two-, three-, and four-year-old Aloe vera were determined, and their antioxidant activities were evaluated compared to BHT and alpha-tocopherol by the DPPH radical scavenging method and the linoleic acid system at 100 microg of soluble solids per mL of ethanol. The results showed that three-year-old Aloe vera contained significantly higher leve...
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Aloe barbadensis Miller (Aloe vera) has a Crassulaceae acid metabolism which grants the plant great tolerance to water restrictions. Carbohydrates such as acemannans and fructans are among the molecules responsible for tolerating water deficit in other plant species. Nevertheless, fructans, which are prebiotic compounds, have not been described nor studied in Aloe vera, whose leaf gel is known ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Phytochemistry Reviews
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1568-7767,1572-980X
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-013-9323-3