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Nomenclature
Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f. Liliaceae
Standardized common name (English): aloe vera
Botanical Voucher Specimen
Organoleptic Characteristics
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Scent Characteristic, not aromatic
Source: Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. [3]
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Macroscopic Characteristics
| Plants: Perennials; stems 1.5 M. (5°) high, woody, rough from leaf-remnants; leaves glaucous-green, often with darker spots, thick, succulent, bayonet-shaped, margin with reddish spines or serratures; flowers racemose or spicate, tubular, yellowish, orange-red; stamens 6, unequal, 3 longer than corolla.
Insippated Juice: [...] (A. vera): Curaçao, blackish-brown, opaque masses, fracture uneven, waxy, resinous; 60 p.c. soluble in cold water (purplish-red); with nitric acid--deep red solution.
Source: Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. [4]
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Microscopic Characteristics
| Powder [A. vera] reddish-brown, ... microscopically (in almond oil) ... reddish-brown irregular, angular more or less opaque fragments.
Source: Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. [5]
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High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification
Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ MOBOT, Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100002694
- ↑ MOBOT, Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Image/18259
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
