I read a research paper on those glyconutrients years ago. They increase reflex times for some reason. Maybe they increase the speed of the signal from the brain to the muscle. At any rate, aloe has some of the highest concentrations of them of any plant.

There was a company that isolated and stabilized them in the early 2000s, but they got so extreme in their intent to prevent others from using similar processes through litigation, they fell out of favor and went under. Its been too long since i read all that stuff 🤓