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The miracle plant Aloe Vera contains almost all of the essential ingredients for life in varying proportions.  Scientists give the opinion that there might be more than what they have discovered about this plant.  It contains vitamins, sugars, enzymes, minerals, lignin, fatty acids, amino acids, anthraquinones, saponins, salicylic acid, etc.

• Aloe Vera is an antioxidant! The antioxidant property of Aloe Vera promises longevity in life and prevents cardiovascular disorders and age-related disorders which would otherwise pose a serious problem with advancement of time.  The anti-oxidant property of the Aloe Vera can be attributed to vitamin-A and selenium (which is a trace element involved in the enzymatic processes in various biochemical process taking place in our human body).

• Aloe Vera is a rich source of vitamins in various forms! The vitamins that are being housed by Aloe Vera are vitamin-A, vitamin-C, vitamin- E and also traces of vitamin-B12. It is found that it contains almost all the vitamins in one biochemical form or the other except vitamin-D.  Moreover the general plant sources for vit-B12 are less, which means that Aloe Vera would be essentially an important source of the same. Vitamin-B12 is mandatory for various biochemical reactions that take place in our body, deficiency of which would lead to dementia, spinal degeneration and pernicious anemia.  Further the beta carotene form of vitamin-A is a powerful antioxidant.

• Aloe Vera is rich in metabolic enzymes! It contains several enzymes like bradykinases, lipases and proteases which are essential for survival.  For instance proteases and lipases play a major role in the digestion of food with proteases digesting proteins and lipases digesting lipids.

• Aloe Vera is friendly to the immune system! Further it contains several mono and polysaccharides which assist the immune system and also in the detoxifying process.  The miracle plant Aloe Vera is an important source of plant steroids namely cholesterol, campesterol, lupeol and sisosterol which are potent anti inflammatory agents.

• Aloe Vera is also known for its anti microbial, anti viral, and anti bacterial properties, which are jointly shared by the various constituents of Aloe Vera.  It is also established that it contains around 7 essential amino acids which are mandatory for the protein synthesis and function.

Burn plant, medicine plant, plant of life, wand of heaven - these are some of the names that were used to denote the miracle plant in the olden days.   Fast forward to today, the good news now is that with the use of latest biotechnology, there is now a quicker way for us all to enjoy and benefit from the goodness of Aloe Vera.