The Chemical Constituents, Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Oxidant, and Ethnomedicinal Properties of Aloe barbadensis

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Author(s): Dickson Adom (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana), Paul Appiah Sekyere (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana)and Mohan Kumar Krishnappa (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 18
Source title: Research Anthology on Recent Advancements in Ethnopharmacology and Nutraceuticals
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3546-5.ch024

Keywords: Complementary and Alternative Medicine / Medical Information Science Reference / Medical Treatment & Care / Medicine & Healthcare

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Aloe vera is a perennial, drought-resisting, succulent plant belonging to the Asphodelaceae family that has a long history of having many tremendous medicinal and anti-inflammatory as well as anti-bacterial properties. This chapter highlights the great potentials of the aloe vera species. Desk study and document analysis guided the systematic and extensive review of both published and unpublished resources on the Aloe vera Species. The chapter contends that horticulturists and plant scientists in the field of agriculture and medicine must pay attention to the Aloe vera as a medicinal plant that possesses the most powerful antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, which protects the body against constipation through enhancing the body metabolism, skin, and worm infestations.

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