Caryophyllidae; Order: Caryophyllales; Family: Cactaceae; Subfamily: Opuntioideae; Tribe: Opuntieae; Genus: Opuntia; Species (edible): there exist various names (INE, 1994; USDA 2016): ficus-indica, albicarpa, megacantha, undulata, among others and many others not mentioned in this chapter...
O. ficus-indica cladodes are cost-effective feed for ruminant animals because it is fast growing, easy and inexpensive to grow, edible, and able to survive prolonged droughts [5]. Nutrient content, nutritional composition, and digestibility of O. ficus-indica vary with age, cultivar types, ...
Juices of edible fruits from Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller, commonly named prickly pears or Indian figs, were analysed for amino acids using an automated amino acid analyser run in the high-resolution physiological mode. Emphasis was put on the detection of free taurine (Tau), but Tau co...
ISSR and ITS markers can also be useful for phylogeny studies in theOpuntiaefamily. The structuring of the accessions was also consistent in relation to the ploidy, because when observing the dendrogram (upper part towards the base) there was an increase in the number of chromosomes ...
Mill. Vegetative parts of the plant (A) and the edible young cladodes (also called ‘nopal’) (B) are shown.Image taken from Kew Botanical Garden, United Kingdom. Sign in to download full-size image Fig. 13.3. Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. (A) Floral and (B) fruiting bodies....
Mucilage can be used as a functional additive and has applications in different industries: as a water purifying agent, as an organic adhesive to lime in construction, as an inhibitor of the corrosion of aluminum, and in the food industry as an edible coating in fruits, while also performing...
The O. ficus indica fruit, usually eaten fresh and after peeling, varies in shape, size and color Antioxidants 2013, 2 39 (length: 30–65 mm, width: 20–40 mm), and consist of a thick peel and an edible juicy pulp with many hard seeds. The O. stricta ripe fruits are much smaller...
The fruit is characterized by a green peel, an orange edible portion, and a sweet taste. The fruits were separated into four distinct categories: peel (Pe), seeds (S), pulp without seeds (P), and seed-containing pulp (SP). The plant material was dried in a ventilated oven at 40 °...