## 3 Results and Discussion
### Setting Time and Consistency  
The setting time and consistency results are summarized in Figure 2 (mixtures with CS) and Figure 3 (mixtures with AVM). Initial setting time (IST) in the analyzed mixtures was influenced by two main factors. First, the content of CS played a role, with an increase from 0 to 2 wt.% accelerating the time for cement pastes to lose plasticity. For OPC samples, \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l l l l l l l} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Peak\#**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**R.Time**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Area**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Peak Report TIC**} \\  & & & **Area\%** & **Height** & **Height \%** & **Name** \\ \hline
1 & 8.465 & 84,270 & 4.12 & 42,596 & 3.75 & Ethylbenzene \\
2 & 9.356 & 73,891 & 3.61 & 23,475 & 2.07 & Styrene \\
3 & 10.649 & 87,366 & 4.27 & 44,871 & 3.96 & Hydroperoxide, 1-ethylbutyl \\
4 & 10.867 & 57,727 & 2.82 & 30,394 & 2.68 & Hydroperoxide, 1-methylpentyl \\
5 & 12.376 & 1,651,585 & 80.74 & 956,651 & 84.33 & 1-Hexanol, 2-ethyl- \\
6 & 21.189 & 90,686 & 4.43 & 36,440 & 3.21 & Diethyl Phthalate \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 6: Compounds in Aloe Barbadensis as identified in the GC-MS analysis. Figure 1: Organic peaks identified by GC-MS in the AVM sample. this time difference was 8 min between samples without superplasticizer and those with 2 wt.%. In LC\({}^{3}\)-50 blends, the difference was slightly higher, at 12 min. The type of cement in the mixes was the second main factor influencing the initial setting time (IST). LC\({}^{3}\)-50 blends without CS experienced a significantly prolonged time to lose plasticity by 46 min compared to samples with 100% OPC. Even in samples with the maximum CS dosage, the IST difference was 42 min. The decreased amount of cement in LC\({}^{3}\)-50 blends had a more pronounced impact on IST than the addition of CS. Similar trends were observed for final setting time (FST). These results align with [PERSON] et al. 's findings [46], indicating that polycarboxylate-based admixtures like CS reduce Ca\({}^{2+}\) concentration, creating a strong bond through adsorption and consequently reducing overall setting times. Figure 3: Consistency and setting times for the systems containing AVM. Figure 2: Consistency and setting times for the systems containing CS. In terms of consistency results, the difference between OPC and LC\({}^{3}\)-50 without CS was 7.2%, reducing to 3.8% in samples with the maximum CS dosage of 2%. This difference can be attributed to the action of superplasticizers, which interfere with the interparticle forces of cement, thereby reducing yield stress [47]. According to [PERSON] et al. [48], the polymer molecules on superplasticizers shrink and become distorted during adsorption in the mixture for a few minutes. Adding 2.5 wt.% of AVM to OPC delayed the initial setting time (IST) by 5 min compared to the reference, while a fourfold increase to 10 wt.% AVM only added 10 min in bio-admixture systems. For final setting time (FST) in OPC systems, the lowest AVM content delayed by 13 min, and the highest AVM content increased by 23 min compared to the reference. In LC\({}^{3}\)-50 mixtures, the IST was 3 min slower with the lowest AVM and extended by 5 min with 10 wt.% AVM. The FST in the latter samples was 16 min longer than LC\({}^{3}\)-50 mixtures without any addition. Interestingly, the lowest AVM content had the most significant impact on the consistency results of OPC (increased by 1.6% compared to the results of OPC without a plasticizer), whereas the 10 wt.% addition led to the same results as the reference sample. For the LC\({}^{3}\)-50 samples, the addition of AVM showed a decreasing trend, with the highest difference in the consistency results by 6.2% in the samples with 10 wt.% AVM addition. The obtained results for both OPC and LC\({}^{3}\)-50 systems indicate that CS plays the role of a set accelerator as opposed to AVM acting as a set retarder. OPC systems respond well with CS and AVM by obtaining the optimum 5-7 mm consistency at a water content of 23.8% and 26.5%, respectively.