Planta Med 2000; 66(2): 180-182
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243127
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Distribution of Verectin in Aloe vera Leaves and Verectin Contents in Clonally Regenerated Plants and the Commercial Gel Powders by Immunochemical Screening

A. Yagi1 , Y. Sato1 , K. Shimomura2 , K. Akasaki1 , H. Tsuji1
  • 1Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima, Japan
  • 2Tsukuba Medicinal Plant Research Station, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Publication History

Received: March 22, 1999

Accepted: July 17, 1999

Publication Date:
24 November 2009 (online)

Abstract

Verectin antiserum raised in white rabbits was immunochemically applied to examine verectin distribution in Aloe vera leaves during growth and flowering seasons, and to quantify verectin in clonally regenerated plants and commercial A.vera gel products.

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Prof. Dr. Akira Yagi

Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Fukuyama University

Hiroshima, 729–0292

Japan

Email: yagi@fupharm.fukuyama-u.ac.jp

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