Antioxidant
assay,
ATR-FTIR
spectroscopy mediated predominant functional group detection and UVabsorption
spectroscopy have been carried out with methanolic extracts of Aloe vera L. gel (gel-extract)
from
two, three and four-year-old plants in summer season. To explore the seasonal influence gel-extract
has
also been prepared from three-year-old aloe in rainy and winter season. Gel-extracts from three-year-
old aloeinwinterexhibitedhighresponseatIRandUVabsorptionspectrum.