ALOE VERA - A TRADITIONAL MODERN MEDICINE.
- Research Scholar, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, PEE GEE College of Arts & Science, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu.
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Aloe barbadensis from Xanthorrhoeaceae is an ancient medicinal plant containing traditional and folk medicinal properties for several diseases. Various parts of Aloe vera plant have been in the field of Therapeutics, Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals. Aloe vera comprises of 200 and more molecule types in it which are solely responsible for the release of phytochemicals. This species involved in the key actions of healing wounds and stimulates secretions of bile. Aloe is laxative. Out of the 22 amino acids required for the human body, 8 essential amino acids are found in Aloe vera. The external source vitamins namely A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C and E are predominantly available in Aloe vera itself. Despite of tremendous uses of Aloe vera, poor natural propagation by means of axillary shoots and the presence of male sterility becomes the major barriers in rapid propagation of Aloe vera. Large scale propagation can be standardized through Tissue culture where the yield is more and the produced plants are disease free. In this study, the review on Aloe vera was studied along with the development of the plant through tissue culture in order to increase productivity for making use of the applications.
- Medicinal use of Aloe vera is based on its historic and traditional use, and an analysis of modern pharmacologic and toxicologic research (Juneby, 1999).
- Plant tissue culture is a promising technology, especially for the multiplication and production of novel and improved plants species and for an increased biosynthesis of products of industrial and medicinal value from vegetative resource (Vanisree et al., 2004).
- The antioxidant activity of Aloe vera methanolic, aqueous, chloroform and petroleum ether extract and the standard antioxidant ascorbic acid was assessed on the basis of the radical scavenging effect of the stable 2, 2- diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical activity according to the method described by Brand- William et al. (1995).
- The antioxidant effect of plant products is mainly due to radical scavenging activity of phenolic compounds such as flavonoids, polyphenols and tannins [Rahman et al, 2007].
- The antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds is mainly due to their oxidation reduction properties [Hasan et al., 2008].
- The presence of phytoconstituents in the root extracts may be responsible for the antibacterial and antioxidant activity of the plant (Marjorie, 1999).
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[Aarthi Pugazhendhi and D. Sathish Sekar (2017); ALOE VERA - A TRADITIONAL MODERN MEDICINE. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 96-100] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Research Scholar, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
