I also got reitzii aloe, not a lot of info online about it but it has really thick leaves so im gonna try it out too. I think the downside with arborescens grows very slowly according to the lady i bought it from, she said the plant is 8 years old! anyway im gonna put it in the budding room under proper lighting and see what happens lol
03) J Agric Food Chem. 1999 Sep;47(9):3702-5. Aroma chemicals isolated and identified from leaves of Aloe arborescens Mill. Var. Natalensis Berger. Umano K, Nakahara K, Shoji A, Shibamoto T. Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. Extracts from leaves of aloe (Aloe arborescens Mill. var. natalensis Berger) were obtained using two methods: steam distillation under reduced pressure followed by dichloromethane extraction (DRP) and simultaneous purging and extraction (SPE). A total of 123 aroma chemicals were identified in the extracts obtained by both methods using gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. There were 42 alcohols, 23 terpenoids, 21 aldehydes, 9 esters, 8 ketones, 6 acids, 5 phenols, and 9 miscellaneous compounds. The major aroma constituents of this extract by DRP were (Z)-3-hexenol (29.89%), (Z)-3-hexenal (18.86%), (E)-hexenal (7.31%), 4-methyl-3-pentenol (5.66%), and butanol (4.29%). The major aroma constituents of this extract by SPE were (E)-2-hexenal (45.46%), (Z)-3-hexenal (32.12%), hexanal (9.14%), (Z)-3-hexenol (1.60%), and 3-pentanone (1.41%). Terpenoids were also found as one of the major constituents. The fresh green note of aloe leaves is due to the presence of these C(6) alcohols and aldehydes as well as terpenoids. PMID: 10552708 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
