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

摘要

The present invention provides: an Aloe vera extract that can be safely ingested, can be used as a material of food for preventing lifestyle diseases, contains an extremely low level of an anthraquinone (anthraquinone-based compound), and can be added to foods; and a method of producing the Aloe vera extract. A supercritical fluid extraction method can produce an Aloe vera extract containing a mixture that consists of a cyclolanostane compound and a lophenol compound in an amount of 1.0% by mass or more and having the following properties (1) and/or (2):
(1) the mass mixing ratio of the cyclolanostane compound and lophenol compound is as follows:
cyclolanostane compound : lophenol compound = 6.3 : 2.7 to 5.1 : 4.9; and/or
(2) the content of an anthraquinone-based compound is 0.001% by mass or less.