How Aloevera is Benificial For Skin
Aloe vera is the oldest medicinal plant on earth. It is ever known and used in cosmetics from centuries in all over world, a traditional system of medicine. Aloevera means Aloe barbadensis is commonly used to treat different and many kinds of skin diseases, sunburn, mi-nor cuts, insect bites and used as wound healing, antinflammatory, antiviral, antitumor, laxative and psoriasis. The whole plant as well as its specific parts (leaves, roots), plant extracts and its active constituent mucopolysaccharides (MPS) which are long chain sugars have been widely used. It can be separated or differentiated into two basic products the latex i.e a bitter yellow liquid beneath the epidermis of the leaf and the gel, a colourless and tasteless substance in the inner part of the leaf. Both of them have many biologically active components, mainly anthraquinones and polysaccharides (the most active is acemannan), which may act alone or in synergy. Cosmetics formulations derived fro...