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Aloe vera gel is used commercially as an ingredient in yogurts, beverages, and some desserts, [54] but at high or prolonged doses, ingesting aloe latex or whole leaf extract can be toxic. [5] [9] [11] [15] Use of topical aloe vera in small amounts is likely to be safe. [9] [39]
An extract (essence) is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water. Extracts may be sold as tinctures or absolutes or dried and powdered.
Coccothrinax barbadensis (latanier, latanier balai) [1] is a palm found in the Lesser Antilles (and Trinidad and Tobago). [2] Like other members of the genus Coccothrinax , C. barbadensis is a fan palm .
Stevia rebaudiana is a plant species in the genus Stevia of the family Asteraceae.It is commonly known as candyleaf, sweetleaf or sugarleaf. [1] [2]It is a small seasonal plant which grows to a height of 30–60 centimetres (1–2 feet). [2]
The rather small flowers grow as 4–12 cm long spikes at the end of branches or in leaf axils. The color of the flowers is white or pink with purple spots. [citation needed] The flowers are hermaphrodite and the bark has a dark purple. [13] The capsule of J. gendarussa is about 1.2 cm long and smooth.
The young fronds are stir-fried and used in salads. [6] [7]They may have mild amounts of fern toxins but no major toxic effects are recorded. [8]It is known as pakô ("wing") in the Philippines, [6] pucuk paku and paku tanjung in Malaysia, sayur paku or pakis in Indonesia, phak koot (Thai: ผักกูด) in Thailand, rau dớn in Vietnam, dhekia (Assamese: ঢেকীয়া) in Assam ...
Epimedium, also known as barrenwort, bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goat weed, or yin yang huo (Chinese: 淫羊藿; pinyin: Yínyánghùo; Wade–Giles: Yin²-yang²-huo⁴), is a genus of flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae.
The common name, spirulina, refers to the dried biomass of Arthrospira platensis, [3] a type of Cyanobacteria, which are oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria.These photosynthetic organisms were first considered to be algae, a very large and diverse group of eukaryotic organisms, until 1962 when they were reclassified as prokaryotes and named Cyanobacteria. [4]