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A Review on Pharmacological and Therapeutic Potential of Aloe barbadensis Miller

Deepak Sharma, Naimish Purohit, Shiwa Chaubey, Mohan Tiwari, Mradu Bhadauriya, . Mohit, Nilam Bhasker, Dharmendra Kumar

European Journal of Medicinal Plants · pp. 23–43 · Published 28 May 2022

10.9734/ejmp/2022/v33i630471

Abstract

Aloe vera, a popular succulent perennial medicinal plant with a wide range of phytochemicals that have shown various pharmacological activities including anti-oxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, wound healing promotion and so on. Acemannan, aloe-emodin, aloin, aloesin, and emodin are widely investigated active constituents that show various pharmacological activities. Thus, the purpose of this review is to highlight previous pharmacological studied conducted in vivo, in vitro and human assays over the past decades. As current pharmacological research is focused on anticancer and neurological action, it would be interesting and important to study the main compounds present in Aloe vera for therapeutic purposes.

Aloe vera anti-oxidant acemannan aloe-emodin emodin.

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