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Health benefits of Aloe vera

Aloe vera is in use since the age of Egyptian Civilization and in those day it was known as the plant of immortality. This is mainly found in dry region of Africa, Asia , America and Europe. This is a plant from the family of Lily but looks like cactus. Nearly 240 species of Aloe-vera is known but only 4 have the nutritional and healing capacity. Aloe vera contains more than 20 minerals and contain 8 essential amino acids that human body can’t fabricate and 11 out of 14 secondary amino-acid it contains vitamins like A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C and E. Body can’t make these vitamins and so the Aloe-vera provides. It contains enzymes, sugars, anthraquinones or phenolic compounds, lignin, saponins, sterols, amino acids and salicylic acid. List of nuritrients are Vitamins Minerals Amino Acids ( Aloe Vera contains 7 of the 8 ‘essential’ amino acids:( Isoleucine, Leucine , Methionine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Valine, Lysine) The 12 ‘non-essential’ amino acids contained in Aloe Vera are :(