Aloin - Aloin

Japanese: アロイン - あろいん
Aloin - Aloin

…The folk medicine Aloe vera was introduced to Japan during the Edo period. Aloe contains over a dozen ingredients, including the anthraquinone derivatives aloin and aloe-emodin, as well as the benzopyrone derivatives aloesin and aloenin. In addition, alomicin, which has antitumor properties, has also been reported. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "aloin" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…民間薬のキダチアロエは江戸時代に日本に渡来した。アロエにはアントラキノン系の誘導体のアロインaloinやアロエエモジンaloe‐emodinなど十数種の成分,ベンゾピロン誘導体のアロエシンaloesin,アロエニンaloeninなどが知られる。さらに抗腫瘍性のアロマイシンalomicinも報告されている。…

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