Agriculture commodity
Aloe Bitters (Aloin)
The bitter yellow exudate from the leaf rind, dried to a resin and sold on aloin content. A different article from the gel with different buyers, which is why it is a separate row.
At a glance
- Family
- Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Crops
- Sector
- Agriculture
- HS code
- 1302.19
- Forms
- 2
Traded forms
- Lump
- The exudate boiled down and set to a hard, translucent resin. The standard requires the lump not be burned or overcooked and the colour to run yellow through brown to near-black.
- Powder
- Lump milled to powder, which is how a pharmaceutical buyer takes it.
Grading standards
African Traditional Medicine — Medicinal Plant Standards — Aloe vera
African Organisation for Standardisation · First edition 2016 · ARS 956-1:2016
European Pharmacopoeia — Cape Aloes
European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare · Ph. Eur. 0258 · Ph.Eur. 0258
Source Aloe Bitters (Aloin)
Verified aloe bitters (aloin), inspected and contract-ready.
Frequently asked
- What is Aloe Bitters (Aloin)?
- The bitter yellow exudate from the leaf rind, dried to a resin and sold on aloin content. A different article from the gel with different buyers, which is why it is a separate row.
- Which forms is Aloe Bitters (Aloin) traded in?
- Aloe Bitters (Aloin) is traded as: Lump, Powder.
- Which standards apply to Aloe Bitters (Aloin)?
- Applicable grading standards include: African Traditional Medicine — Medicinal Plant Standards — Aloe vera; European Pharmacopoeia — Cape Aloes.
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