ALOE VERA EXTRACT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ALOE VERA EXTRACT, AND AMELIORATING AGENT FOR HYPERGLYCEMIA

摘要

Disclosed is an aloe vera extract which is safe to ingest, can be used as a food material for use in the prevention of a life-style related disease, has extremely less contamination of an anthraquinone (an anthraquinone compound) and can be added to a food. Also disclosed is a process for production of the aloe vera extract. An aloe vera extract can be produced by using a supercritical extraction method, which contains 1.0% by mass or more of a mixture of a cyclolanostane compound and a rophenol compound and has the following property 1) and/or 2): 1) the mixing ratio between the cyclolanostane compound and the rophenol compound is as follows: (cyclolanostane compound:rophenol compound) = 6.3:2.7 to 5.1:4.9 by mass; and 2) the content of the anthraquinone is 0.001% by mass or less.