Antimicrobial agents isolated from Aloe vera
OwnerKathleen Shupe, Billy C. Coatsinventors
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Abstract
Antimicrobial agents and method for isolation thereof from the gel liquid of Aloe vera includes at least one antimicrobial agent isolated from the clear gel isolated from the whole leaf of the Aloe vera plant, wherein the antimicrobial agent is an agent produced by the Aloe vera and/or indigenous bacteria that colonize the Aloe vera plant, is disclosed.
Claims24
A composition comprising a preparation derived from a clear aloe vera mixture which has less than 1 ppm aloin content and which has been prepared from aloe vera gel, consisting essentially of a fraction obtained by gel filtration of the clear mixture, wherein the fraction has an average molecular weight of either approximately 550,000 or 470,000 or 240,000 or 160,000 or 25,000 or 4,000 Daltons and has bacteriocidal or bacteriostatic activity, and comprising one or more antimicrobial agents, wherein at least one of the antimicrobial agents is an agent produced by the Aloe vera or indigenous bacteria that colonize the Aloe vera.
A method of decreasing the growth of a bacteria comprising:
- preparing a composition comprising a preparation derived from a clear aloe vera mixture which has less than 1 ppm aloin content and which has been prepared from aloe vara gel, consisting essentially of a fraction obtained by gel filtration of the clear mixture, wherein the fraction has an average molecular weight of either approximately 550,000 or 470,000 or 240,000 or 160,000 or 25,000 or 4,000 Daltons and has bacteriocidal or bacteriostatic activity, and comprising one or more antimicrobial agents, wherein at least one of the antimicrobial agents is an agent produced by the Aloe vera or indigenous bacteria that colonize the Aloe vera;
- and contacting said bacteria with said composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.