Aloe Genus Plants: From Farm to Food Applications and Phytopharmacotherapy

Abstract

Aloe genus plants, distributed in Old World, are widely known and have been used for centuries as topical and oral therapeutic agents due to their health, beauty, medicinal, and skin care properties. Among the well-investigated Aloe species are A. arborescens, A. barbadensis, A. ferox, and A. vera. Today, they account among the most economically important medicinal plants and are commonly used in primary health treatment, where they play a pivotal role in the treatment of various types of diseases via the modulation of biochemical and molecular pathways, besides being a rich source of valuable phytochemicals. In the present review, we summarized the recent advances in botany, phytochemical composition, ethnobotanical uses, food preservation, and the preclinical and clinical efficacy of Aloe plants. These data will be helpful to provide future directions for the industrial and medicinal use of Aloe plants.

Antimicrobial Evaluation of Latex and TLC Fractions from the Leaves of Aloe adigratana Reynolds

“…In the present study, the leaf latex and the TLC fractions of A. adigratana showed a broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. is finding is in line with previous works that indicated that most Aloe species possessed antimicrobial activities [22]. In both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains, the clinical isolate strains were more resistant than the reference strains to the positive control (ceftriaxone) and all tested samples.…”

“…Several of these endemic species possessed different biological activities, including antimicrobial [9,10], antitrypanosomiasis [11], antileishmaniasis [12,13], antimalarial [14][15][16], wound healing [17], anti-inflammatory [17,18], anticancer [19], antidiabetic [20], and antioxidant activities [21]. is relevance indicates that Aloe is the store house of numerous bioactive compounds [22]. e experimental plant A. adigratana (Figure 1), locally known as "eret" in Amharic and "ere habesha" in Tigrigna, is one of the endemic Aloe species in Ethiopia which is specifically found in Adigrat, Tigray region [23].…”

Silymarin antiproliferative and apoptotic effects: Insights into its clinical impact in various types of cancer

“…Traditional medicines or herbal remedies and their derivatives have been extensively used as complementary agents in cancer treatment (Safarzadeh, Sandoghchian Shotorbani, & Baradaran, ; Salehi et al, ; Salehi et al, ; Salehi et al, ; Salehi et al, ). Among the various phytochemicals with anticancer effects, silymarin is one of the highly potent antioxidant agents, with some other biochemical activities, including its positive effects in both cancer prevention and treatment, broadly confirmed through numerous studies (Ramasamy & Agarwal, ).…”

Inhibition of Phosphatidylcholine Liposomes Oxidation by Phenolic Compounds of Aloe Extracts: A. Arborescens, A. Pillansii and A. Squarrosa

“…В этом плане большой интерес вызывают суккулентные растения рода Aloe, включающего более 500 видов, для которых характерно формирование водозапасающих листьев. В обзоре [1] представлены данные об использовании различных видов Aloe в медицине, пищевой и косметической индустрии. Наиболее исследованными и используемыми видами Aloe являются A. arborescens Mill., A. ferox Mill.…”

“…и A. vera (L.) Burm. f. [1]. Ранее был проведен скрининг 15 видов Aloe по оценке антиоксидантной активности (АОА) их экстрактов амперометрическим и хемилюминесцентным методами [2].…”