Isolation of an Unusual Aloenin-acetal from Aloe

  • Woo, Won-Sick (Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University) ;
  • Shin, Kuk-Hyun (Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chung, Ha-Sook (Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Mi (R & D Center, Kim Jeong Moon Aloe Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Shim, Chang-Sub (R & D Center, Kim Jeong Moon Aloe Co., Ltd.)
  • Published : 1994.12.31

Abstract

A hitherto unknown substance was isolated from the commercial sample of Aloe arborescens, which was shown to be the 4',6'-O-ethylidene-aloenin, most likely an artifact caused by hot-air drying procedure for the product preparation.

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