Is it possible to increase the aloin content of Aloe vera by the use of ultraviolet light?

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2165-2170

  Martínez Romero, Domingo ^a   Guillén, Fabián ^a   Pérez Aguilar, Henoc ^a   Castillo, Salvador ^a   Serrano, María ^a   Zapata, Pedro J ^a   Valero, Daniel ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; aloin; antifungal activity; UV treatment

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA; ALOIN; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PHOTOSYNTHETIC TISSUES; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; UV TREATMENT;

TISSUE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALLOIN; CHLOROPHYLL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EMODIN; FUNGICIDE;

ALOE; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALOE; BOTRYTIS; CHLOROPHYLL; EMODIN; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; PENICILLIUM; PLANT LEAVES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84874871221     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf304930q     Document Type: Article

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