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A colorless and mucilaginous aloe gel from internal part of the leaf, has been used as a valuable ingredient in health food as well as in cosmetics. The gel consist of primarily of water (>98%), polysaccharides and other small molecules, was fractionated by a series of physical methods including, maceration, ultra filtration (UF) and high-pressure homogenization and analyzed by mass spectrometry. The UF (MWCO: 50 kDa) filterate is mainly composed of mono-, di- and tri-saccharides. The UF retentate was further fractionated to supernatant and precipitate using high-pressure homogenization. The precipitate was identified to be a protein of 11.7 kDa. Biological feature of the mechanically fractionated aloe gel was also investigated.