By-products from the cactus pear biomass production have also become an area of focus. Through green chemistry normal waste products from the crop production has led to the formation of ecologically friendly biodegradable packaging. These packaging solutions are showing potential to aid in the move ...
Figure 2. Prickly pear, cactus pear or “tuna” of cactus pads tree (Opuntia spp.) or “nopal”. Taxonomy Linnaei (1753) classified this plant as Cactus opuntia and C. ficus-indica in the Species Plantarum plants compendium. Philip Miller in 1768 classified the plant as Opuntia ficus-indica...
prickly pear,prickly pear cactus- cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock cholla,Opuntia cholla- arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico ...
Cactus, a CAM plant, grows extensively in arid and semi-arid parts of the world. It possesses a vel)' high water to dry matter conversion efficiency and has immense economic value as fmit, vegetable, fodder, medicine, etc. The importance of cactus pear as livestock feed has been discussed...
(2006). Nutritional and medicinal use of Cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) cladodes and fruits. Frontiers in Bioscience, 11(1), 2574–2589. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Finglas, P., Berry, R., & Astley, S. (2014). Assessing and improving the quality of food composition databases for ...
Nutritional and medicinal use of Cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) cladodes and fruits.Antioxidant property of an ethanol extract of the stem of Opuntia ficus-indica var. sabotenColor, Betalain Pattern, and Antioxidant Properties of Cactus Pear ( Opuntia spp.) ClonesStructural features of pectic ...
2011. Comparative physico- chemical characterization of the mucilages of two cactus pears (Opuntia spp.) obtained from mekelle, northern ethiopia. J Biomate Nanobiotechnol 3: 79-86. DOI: 10.4236/ jbnb.2012.31010.Gebresamuel N, Gebre-Mariam T. Comparative physico- chemical characterization of the...
They suggest that Opuntia spp. operates predominantly through a bridging-coagulation mechanism where solution particulates do not directly contact one another but are bound to a polymer-like material that originates from the cactus species. Interestingly, galacturonic acid was also reported by Japanese ...
(2006) were among the various authors who outlined the medicinal and nutritional importance of the genus cactus pear (Opuntia spp.). The medicinal properties of the cladodes/nopal and fruits include for treating arteriosclerosis, diabetes, gastritis, and hyperglycemia. In Mexico, ‘nopalitos’, ‘...
Cactus stems (Opuntia spp.): a review on their chemistry, technology, and uses. Inhibition of aluminum corrosion using Opuntia extract Antioxidant compounds from four Opuntia cactus pear fruit varieties. Nutritional and medicinal use of Cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) cladodes and fruits. ...