FACTORS AFFECTING HANDLING AND PHENOLOGICAL STEPS OF ALOE SAPONARIA HAW (ALOE). INCIDENCE ON GEL QUALITY

The quality of the gel of Aloe saponaria Haw (Aloe) for cosmetics and perfumes, extracted from fresh leaves with methanol-water, is determined not only by its chemical composition but also by its colour, solubility, density and viscosity.

II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 4: Industrial Processing, Standards & Regulations, Quality, Marketing, Economics

H.V. Elder, L. Molina, R. Carrio

aloe gel, density, viscosity, colour, solubility, polysacharides

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.503.3