Nasiff et al19 conducted a controlled clinical trial on 60 patients
with hyperlipidaemia who previously had not responded to
dietary interventions. Patients received either 10 ml or 20 ml aloe
vera or placebo daily over a period of 12 weeks. Blood lipid levels
were measured before treatment and after four, eight, and 12
weeks. Total serum cholesterol decreased by 15.4% and 15.5%,
triglycerides by 25.2% and 31.9%, low density lipoprotein
(LDL) by 18.9% and 18.2% respectively in the two groups
receiving aloe vera. Since this trial was available as an abstract
only,