Author: Jun Wu ,Ying Zhang,Zhongming Lv,Ping Yu,Weiqing Shi
Aloe vera has been widely used in health and nutritional supplements, Aloe vera soft capsule (ASC), safety evaluation of Aloe vera products before marketing, aloe vera not produce any marked subacute toxic effects, ASC showed no mutagenic activity in the Ames test and no evidence of potential to induce bone marrow micronucleus or testicular chromosome aberrations in ICR mice exposed to 10000 mg/kg bodyweight. Collectively, ASC could be considered safe before it was marketed as a laxative and moistening health food.