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Aloe vera at the frontier of glycobiology and integrative medicine: Health implications of an ancient plant

Aloe vera plant extracts are ubiquitous in foods, cosmetics, and medicine. Like all plants, these extracts contain an array of potential bioactives or glycans, which may contribute to health when applied or consumed. In the Aloe vera plant, these bioactives are dominated by acemannan, a type of carb...

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Autores principales: Pressman, Peter, Clemens, Roger, Hayes, A Wallace
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8826108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35154752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312119875921
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description Aloe vera plant extracts are ubiquitous in foods, cosmetics, and medicine. Like all plants, these extracts contain an array of potential bioactives or glycans, which may contribute to health when applied or consumed. In the Aloe vera plant, these bioactives are dominated by acemannan, a type of carbohydrate, and related complexes of saccharides, proteins, and lipids. Clinical data suggest aloe extracts may be beneficial in the management of cutaneous and some systemic conditions, such as some forms of immune dysfunction, atherogenesis, malignancy, and numerous cell functions. These extracts also contain an entourage of bioactive substances that may be allergenic and potentially toxic as well as salutary. These substances include aloin and a variety of anthracenes. The concentrations of potential allergens, aloin, and related compounds are markedly reduced through controlled decolorization processes that are utilized by leading Aloe products manufacturers. The entourage effects of contemporary Aloe vera when consumed or applied topically represent opportunities for clinical investigation which may be applied to commercial consumer products and therapeutic indications. Future research should fully explore the range of bioactive glycan components and their respective safety and efficacy. The history and ongoing popularity of Aloe vera products represent a pragmatic mandate for well-designed investigation into the diverse functional roles of glycans.
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spelling pubmed-88261082022-02-10 Aloe vera at the frontier of glycobiology and integrative medicine: Health implications of an ancient plant Pressman, Peter Clemens, Roger Hayes, A Wallace SAGE Open Med Review Paper Aloe vera plant extracts are ubiquitous in foods, cosmetics, and medicine. Like all plants, these extracts contain an array of potential bioactives or glycans, which may contribute to health when applied or consumed. In the Aloe vera plant, these bioactives are dominated by acemannan, a type of carbohydrate, and related complexes of saccharides, proteins, and lipids. Clinical data suggest aloe extracts may be beneficial in the management of cutaneous and some systemic conditions, such as some forms of immune dysfunction, atherogenesis, malignancy, and numerous cell functions. These extracts also contain an entourage of bioactive substances that may be allergenic and potentially toxic as well as salutary. These substances include aloin and a variety of anthracenes. The concentrations of potential allergens, aloin, and related compounds are markedly reduced through controlled decolorization processes that are utilized by leading Aloe products manufacturers. The entourage effects of contemporary Aloe vera when consumed or applied topically represent opportunities for clinical investigation which may be applied to commercial consumer products and therapeutic indications. Future research should fully explore the range of bioactive glycan components and their respective safety and efficacy. The history and ongoing popularity of Aloe vera products represent a pragmatic mandate for well-designed investigation into the diverse functional roles of glycans. SAGE Publications 2019-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8826108/ /pubmed/35154752 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312119875921 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35154752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312119875921
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