The purpose of the present study was to assess protective effects ‘Opuntia ficus indica’ (family Cactaceae) against osteoporosis induced by cadmium chloride in female Wistar rats. Experiments were carried out on 36 male rats (6-8 weeks old) divided into four groups nine each: a control group, group treated with (3,5 mg/kg /day) subcutaneous injection, Opuntia indica extract (100 mg/Kg/day) gava...

Ploidy has been well studied and used extensively in the genus Opuntia to determine species boundaries, detect evidence of hybridization, and infer evolutionary patterns. We carried out chromosome counts for all members of the Humifusa clade to ascertain whether geographic patterns are associated with differences in ploidy. We then related chromosomal data to observed morphological variability,...

Cactus is a plant that naturally grows in tropical and semi-tropical regions of the world. The composition of this mucilage is believed to differ from species to species. Hence, comparative study was carried out on mucilages of Opuntia ficus-indica (OFI) and Opuntia stricta (OS) as regard to their physico-chemical properties and acute toxicity levels. The study indicated that solubility of the ...

Cellulose is the most abundant material in earth, it considered a renewable polymer of cell walls wood and plant cells, their interest use different field purpose extracting namely: cellulose native (cotton), transformation into sheets (paper filter paper), cupric cellulose, zinc (industrial applications), functionalization cellulosic materials printed electronics, textile, treatment, medicine,...