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Aloe africana
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 12 constituent measurements for Aloe africana. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.
Accepted name in source: Aloe africana Mill.
Regulatory presence
No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- Aloin a4
- Aloinoside b3
- Aloin b2
- Aloinoside a2
- Aloe-emodin1
Plant parts
- Leaves12
Preparations
- Fresh4
- Solvent extraction4
Recorded constituents
What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.
| Substance | Plant part | Preparation | Concentration | Analytical method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aloin a | Leaves | — | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Aloin a | Leaves | Fresh | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Aloin b | Leaves | — | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Aloin b | Leaves | Fresh | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Aloinoside a | Leaves | — | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Aloinoside a | Leaves | Fresh | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Aloinoside b | Leaves | — | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Aloinoside b | Leaves | Fresh | — | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Aloe-emodin | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | — | No resolvable identifier |
| Aloin a | Leaves | Solvent extraction | 1.3 Percent | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | No resolvable identifier |
| Aloin a | Leaves | Solvent extraction | 6 Percent | — | No resolvable identifier |
| Aloinoside b | Leaves | Solvent extraction | — | — | No resolvable identifier |
Cited sources
The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.
- van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, M.C.B. Chemotaxonomic investigations in asphodeleae and aloineae (liliaceae). Phytochemistry, 1964, vol. 3, no. 3, p. 383-390.
- Holzapfel, CW., Wessels, PL., VanWyk, BE., Marais, W., Portwig, M. Chromone and aloin derivatives from Aloe broomii, A-africana and A-speciosa. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 1997, vol. 45, no. 1, p. 97-102. DOI
- Viljoen, Alvaro M., Van Wyk, Ben-Erik., Newton, Leonard E. The occurrence and taxonomic distribution of the anthrones aloin, aloinoside and microdontin in Aloe.. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2000, vol. 29, no. 1, p. 53-67. DOI
- Yamamoto, M., Sugiyama, K., Yokota, M., Maeda, Y., Nakagomi, K., Nakazawa, H. Inhibitory effects of aloe extracts on antigen- and compound 48/80- induced histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells. Japanese Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 1993, vol. 39, no. 5, p. 395-400.
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