Antiinflammatory and Antimicrobial Activity of Anthraquinone Isolated from Aloe vera (Liliaceae)
Corresponding Author(s) : R.C. Saxena
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Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 21 No. 3 (2009): Vol 21 Issue 3
Abstract
Aloe vera Linn family Liliaceae is known as wonder herb because of its wide medicinal uses. Cell sap of Aloe vera was taken in Petridish and was phytochemically screened for anthraquinone which is phenolic compound found invariably, in sap of fleshy leaves. Anthraquinone 'Emodin' was isolated from the plant sap which show pain killing, antiinflammatory and antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus strain (MTCC 96).
Keywords
Aloe vera
Antimicrobial
Antiinflammatory
Liliaceae
Anthraquin
Abbas Lone, M., Malviya, D., Mishra, P., Dubey, A., & Saxena, R. (2010). Antiinflammatory and Antimicrobial Activity of Anthraquinone Isolated from Aloe vera (Liliaceae). Asian Journal of Chemistry, 21(3), 1807–1811. Retrieved from https://asianpubs.org/index.php/ajchem/article/view/18663
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