The invention discloses an
aloe extract and application thereof. A preparation method for the
aloe extract comprises the following steps: (1) weighing and crushing aloe, soaking the crushed aloe with an
aqueous ethanol solution having a concentration of 50 to 100% and accounting for 5 to 15 times of the crushed aloe, then carrying out
reflux extraction several times, wherein extraction lasts for 1 to 5 h each time, carrying out filtering to obtain
ethanol extracts and filter residues, combining the
ethanol extracts, carrying out standing for 12 to 48 h, removing sediments through filtering and recovering the
solvent to obtain a crude extract; (2) dissolving the crude extract with water, introducing the dissolved crude extract into a macroporous adsorption resin column, carrying out washing and desugaring, then carrying out
elution with the
aqueous ethanol solution having a concentration of 50 to 100%, collecting
ethanol eluate and recovering the
solvent so as to obtain an extract; and (3) dissolving crude extract with water, successively carrying out extraction with
dichloromethane,
ethyl acetate and n-
butanol accounting for 5 to 15 times of the dissolved extract, carrying out concentration and extraction so as to obtain a water phase and then carrying out washing with
methanol until a concentrate cannot be dissolved so as to obtain the final extract. The
aloe extract provided by the invention can effectively prolong the
shelf life of fruit and vegetable, reduce release of
ethylene gas, maintain
hardness of fruit and vegetable,
delay the decrease speed of
chlorophyll, decrease
moisture evaporation, lower low temperature damage of fruit and vegetable, retain balance between
sugar degree and acidity and improve luster of fruit and vegetable.