Patent ID: 8709512

Claim:
A method for treating hyperglycemia in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of purified Aloe vera mesophyll supercritical carbon dioxide extract, wherein said purified Aloe vera mesophyll supercritical carbon dioxide extract comprises a mixture consisting of one or more cyclolanostane compound(s) and one or more lophenol compound(s), wherein the mixture is present in an amount of 1.0% by mass or more, and wherein the purified Aloe vera mesophyll supercritical carbon dioxide extract has the following properties (1) and/or (2): (1) the purified Aloe vera mesophyll supercritical carbon dioxide extract has a mass mixing ratio of the one or more cyclolanostane compound(s) and one or more lophenol compound(s) and wherein the mass mixing ratio is: cyclolanostane compound(s):lophenol compound(s)=5.1:4.9 to 6.3:2.7; and/or (2) the purified Aloe vera mesophyll supercritical carbon dioxide extract has anthraquinone-based compound(s) in an amount of 0.001% by mass or less.