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US 4,851,224 AGranted
Process for preparation of aloe products
AssigneeCarrington Laboratories, Inc.
InventorBill H. McAnalley
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Abstract
A process is described for extracting a pharmaceutically active polysaccharidic substance from the aloe plant. The pharmaceutically active polysaccharidic substance and its characteristic properties are described.
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A process for extracting the active chemical substance in the aloe plant from a leaf of the aloe plant, comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining aloe juice having solubilized matter;
- (b) adjusting the pH of said aloe juice of from about 3.00 to about 3.50;
- (c) adding a water soluble, lower aliphatic polar solvent to the aloe juice to precipitate the active chemical substance and thereby to form a heterogeneous solution;
- (d) removing the water soluble, lower aliphatic polar solvent and the solubilized matter from the heterogeneous solution to isolate the precipitated active chemical substance;
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- (e) drying the precipitated active chemical substance.
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