Planta Med 1998; 64(3): 277-278
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957427
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Immunochemical Distinction of Aloe vera, A. arborescens, and A. chinensis Gels

Akira Yagi, Masako Tsunoda, Taro Egusa, Kenji Akasaki, Hiroshi Tsuji
  • Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
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1997

1997

Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

Verectin antiserum raised in white rabbits was immunoprecipitated with the Aloe vera nondialysable fraction. Analysis of the immunoprecipitation revealed that verectin accounted for about 1.25% of the total proteins in the nondialysable fraction of Aloe vera gel. The verectin antibody showed differential immunoreactivities against nondialysable fractions of A. arborescens, A. chinensis, and A. vera: 1) an immunopreciptin line was formed against the fraction of A. vera, but not against those of A. arborescens and A. chinensis gel in an Ouchterlony double immunodiffusion test and 2) an immunopositive band was detected in the A. vera and A. chinensis nondialysable fractions but not in that of A. arborescens in immunoblotting. These findings indicate that the verectin antibody can be used to distinguish Aloe materials.