The Plants : aloes in habitat / Leonard E. Newton -- Taxonomy of Aloaceae / Gideon F. Smith and Elsie M.A. Steyn -- Aloe constituents : aloe chemistry / Tom Reynolds -- Aloe polysaccharides / Yawei Ni, Kenneth M.Yates and Ian R. Tizard -- Aloe lectins and their activities / Hiroshi Kuzuya, Kan Shimpo and Hidehiko Beppu -- Analytical methodology : the gel analysis of aloe pulp and its derivatives / Yawei Ni and Ian R. Tizard -- Analytical methodology : the exudate / Tom Reynolds -- Industrial processing and quality control of A. barbadensis / Ronald P. Pelley, Todd A. Waller and Faith M. Strickland -- Therapeutic activity of aloes: healing powers of aloes / Nicola Mascolo, Angelo A. Izzo, Francesca Borrelli, Giulia di Carlo, Lidia Sautebin and Francesco Capasso -- Aloe vera in wound healing / Gary D. Motykie and John P. Heggers.

Aloe vera in thermal and frostbite injuries / Michael K. Obeng J., Gary D. Motykie, Robert L. McCauley and P. Heggers -- Plant saccharides and the prevention of sun-induced skin cancer / Faith M. Strickland and Ronald P. Pelley -- Aloes and the immune system / Ian R. Tizard and Lalitha Ramamoorthy -- Bioactivity of A. arborescens preparations / Akira Yagi -- Aloe biology: the chromosomes of aloe : variation on a theme / Peter Brandham -- Aloe leaf anatomy / David F. Cutler -- Pests of aloes / Monique S.J. Simmonds.