Aloe vera (L)Burm.f

Aloe vera(L)Burm.f

Common name : Aloe vera, Medicinal aloe, Burn plant,gvarapatha,

1/2

Taxonomical ID : 34199

Vernacular Names

1. Assamese : Mahaneem. Maha-neem 2. Bengali : Neem 3. English : Indian Lilac, Margosa, Margosa tree, Neem,Neem tree 4. Gujarati : Limba 5. Hindi : Neem 6. Irula : Veeppa, maram 7. Kannada : Bevu/ Kirubevu, Turakabevu 8. Malayalam : Ariyaveppu, Ayurveppu, Kaippanveppu , Nimbam, Vembu, Veppu 9. Marathi : Nimbay 10. Tamil : Sengumaru, Vembu, Veppa, Veppai 11. Telugu : Vepa Source : FRLHT’s ENVIS
Botanical Description

Azadirachta indica is a tropical evergreen of the MELIACEAE family that grows up to 25 m high. It has rough dark brown bark with wide longitudinal fissures separated by flat ridges. The leaves are compound, imparipinnate, each comprising 5-15 leaflets that are arranged in alternate pairs with terminal leaflets. The compound leaves are themselves alternating with one another. The thin, lanceolate leaflets measure about 6 cm long and 2 cm broad. It bears many flowered panicles, mostly in the leaf-axils. The sepals are ovate and about 1 cm long with sweet scented white oblanceolate petals. It produces yellow drupes that are ellipsoid and glabrous, 12-20 cm long. Source : Medicinal plants of the world: chemical constituents, traditional and modem medicinal uses by Ivan Ross (Volume 2 )
Conservation Status

Least concern source : IUCN
Medicinal uses

Hot water extract of the bark is taken orally by the adult female as a tonic and emmenagogue. The hot water extract of the dried fixed oil is taken orally as an emmenagogue. Anthraquinone fraction of the dried flower, fruit and leaf is taken orally for leprosy. Hot water extract of the flower and leaf is taken orally as an antihistorical remedy, and is used externally to treat wounds. The dried flowers are taken orally for diabetes. Hot water extract of the dried fruit is used for piles and externally for skin diseases and ulcers. Hot water extract of the entire plant is taken orally as an anthelmintic, an insecticide and a purgative. Juices of the bark of Andrographis paniculate, Azadirachta indica and Tinospora cordifolia are taken orally as a treatment for filariasis. Hot water extract of the bark is taken with water, orally before breakfast, for leprosy. The extract is also taken for fever and diabetes, and as a tonic, refrigerant, anthelmintic and antiperiodic. The fresh fruit is used externally for leprosy. Fruit, leaf and root, ground and mixed with dried ginger and "trifala", a preparation consisting of the powdered fruit of Terminalia bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb., T. Chebula Retz, and Emblica officinalis Gaertn., is taken orally with lukewarm water to treat common fevers. Leaf juice is administered by intravenous infusion for chronic skin diseases, and is taken orally as an anthelmintic. Source : Medicinal Plants of the World

S.No	Phytochemical Name	Phytochemical ID	Synonym	Part	Medicinal uses
1	D-GLUCITOL	CID_5780	D-Sorbitol	Plant	N.A
2	1,1,2-TRIPHENYL-CYCLOPROPANE	N.A		Juice	N.A
3	1,8-DIHYDROXYANTHRACENE	CID_19786014	Chrysazol	plant	n.a
4	10-HYDROXYALOIN-A	CID_14889736	N.A	Juice	N.A
5	10-HYDROXYALOIN-B	CID_14889737	N.A	Juice	N.A
6	7-HYDROXY-6'-O-P-COUMAROYL-ALOIN-A	N.A		Leaf	N.A
7	7-HYDROXY-8-O-METHYL-ALOIN-A	N.A		Juice	N.A
8	ACEMANNAN	CID_72041	Acemannanan	Juice	Antiretroviral Antiviral
9	ALANINE	CID_5950	L-alanine	Leaf	Antioxidant
10	ALOCUTIN-A	N.A		Plant	Analgesic
11	ALOE-EMODIN	CID_10207	N.A	Plant	Antibacterial Antitumor Antiviral
14	Aluminum	CID_5359268	N.A	Leaf	Antisilicotic Antivaginitic
12	ALOESIN	CID_160190	Aloe resin B	Plant ,leaf ,juice ,	purgative sunscreen
13	Aloin	CID_12305761	Barbaloin	leaf	Allergenic Antiviral
15	Anthranol	CID_10731	anthracen-9-ol	plant,leaf	n.a
16	Anthraquinones	CID_6780	anthracene-9,10-dione 9,10-Anthraquinone	Plant	Antillithic laxative
17	Arachidonic acid	CID_444899	arachidonate	Juice, plant shoot	Antidermatitic Antieczemic
18	ARGININE	CID_6332	N.A	Leaf	Antidiabetic Antioxidant
19	Ascorbic acid	CID_54670067	Vitamin C	leaf	Analgeisic Antibacterial antidote Antioxidant Antitumor
20	Aspartic acid	CID_5960	n.a	plant, leaf	Antimorphinic
21	Barbaloin	CID_12305761	Aloin A	juice,leaf	Antibacterial Antitubercular
22	BENZYL-ACETONE	CID_17355	4-Phenylbutan-2-one	PLant	Antitussive
23	Beta carotene	CID_5280489	n.a	Leaf, stem essential oil	Antiacne Antiaging Antioxidant Antitumor
24	BETA-SITOSTEROL	CID_222284	Sitosterol Cupreol Azuprostat	Plant, leaf	Antibacterial Anticancer Antitumor Antiviral
25	BRADYKININASE	n.a		Plant	Analgesic Antiedemic Antiinflammatory
26	Calcium oxalate	CID_33005	N.A	Leaf	inflammatory
27	Campesterol	CID_173183	Campesterin	leaf	Antioxidant
28	choline	CID_305	Choline ion Bilineurine	plant	Antidiabetic
29	Chrysazin	CID_2950	danthron	Leaf	Cathartic
30	CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID	CID_10208	Chrysophanol	jucie, leaf	Antispasmodic
31	CHRYSOPHANOL			plant	ANtibacteiral Antiseptic
32	Cinnamic acid	CID_444539	N.A	Plant	Antibacterial Antiinflammatory
33	Coumarin	CID_323	2H-Chromen-2-one 2H-1-Benzopyran-2-one	Plant	Antidiuretic Antitumor
34	Cysteine	CID_5862	N.A	leaf, juice	Antibiotic Antiulcer Antitumor
35	Emodin	CID_3220	Frangula emodin	Leaf	Antiseptic Antitumor
36	Folacin	CID_135398658	N.A	Leaf	Antidepressant
37	Folic acid			Leaf	Antidepressant
38	Formic acid	CID_284	Methanoic acid	Plant	Antiseptic Astringent
39	Glucomannan	CID_24892726	N.A	Leaf	Antidiabetic
40	Glutamic acid	CID_33032	(2S)-2-Aminopentanedioic acid	leaf	Antiepileptic
41	Glycerol	CID_753	glycerin	Plant	Antiketotic
42	Histidine	CID_6274		Leaf	Antioxidant Antiulcer Antiuremic
43	Isoleucine	CID_6306	N.A	Leaf	Antipellargic
44	Lauric acid	CID_3893	DODECANOIC ACID	Juice	Antibacterial Antioxidant Antiviral
45	Lignin	CID_175586	N.A	Plant	Antibacterial Anticancer Antioxidant Antitumor
46	Linoleic acid	CID_5280450	N.A	Juice	Antiacne Anti-inflammatory
47	Lupeol	CID_259846	Fagarasterol Clerodol Monogynol B	Leaf	Antitumor Antiviral
48	Magnesium	CID_546224		Leaf	Antiarthritic Anticonvulsant
49	Mucilage	N.A		Leaf	Cancer preventive
50	Myristic acid	CID_11005	n-Tetradecanoic acid Crodacid	Juice	Antioxidant Cancer preventive
51	Niacin	CID_938	nicotinic acid	Leaf	Antidiabetic Antidementia cancer preventive
52	Niacinamide	CID_936	nicotinamide	Plant	Anti-inflammatory
53	oleic acid	CID_445639	cis-9-Octadecenoic acid	Shoot	Anti-inflammatory cancer preventive
54	p-coumaric acid	CID_637542	4-Hydroxycinnamic acid	Juice	Antibacterial Antioxidant Antitumor
55	Palmitic acid	CID_985	Hexadecanoic acid	Juice	Antioxidant
56	Rhein	CID_10168	Monorhein	Plant	Antibacterial Antiseptic Antitumor
57	Riboflavin	CID_493570	Riboflavine Lactoflavin	Leaf	Antioxidant
58	Stearic acid	CID_5281	Octadecanoic acid	Juice	N.A
59	Stigmasterol	CID_5280794	Stigmasterin	Shoot	Antiinflammatory Antiviral Antioxidant
60	Thiamin	CID_1130	Thiamine	leaf	Antidementia Antimigraine
61	Threonine	CID_6288	n.a	Leaf	Antioxidant Antiulcer
62	Tyrosine	CID_6057	N.A	Leaf	Antiulcer
63	Uronic acid	N.A		plant	N.A
64	Valine	CID_6287	N.A	Leaf	Antiencephalopathic
65	Xylose	CID_135191	D-Xylopyranose	Leaf	Antidiabetic
66	Zinc	CID_23994	N.a	Leaf	Antidiabetic Antidementia

Its IC50 value was found to be 17.24 μg/mL, which was higher than that of the standard BHT (4.63 μg/mL).

Source : Duke, James A. 1992

3D phytochemicals

AMMPDB VER.1.1

Aloe vera(L)Burm.f

Common name : Aloe vera, Medicinal aloe, Burn plant,gvarapatha,

Source : Duke, James A. 1992