Patent ID: 8575142
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for treating hyperinsulinemia or abnormal glucose tolerance, which comprises administering an ethyl acetate/butanol mixture (3:1) extract or a chloroform/methanol mixture (2:1) extract of mesophyll of Aloe vera ( Aloe barbadensis Miller), or a fraction thereof, which comprises at least 0.001% by mass of a compound selected from the group consisting of 4-methyl-cholest-7-en-3-ol, 4-methyl-ergost-7-en-3-ol, and 4-methyl-stigmast-7-en-3-ol, to a subject whose hyperinsulinemia or abnormal glucose tolerance is to be treated.