Prospective antimycotoxigenic action of wild Opuntia ficus-indica by-products | Ahmed Noah Badr, Karolina Gromadzka, Mohamed Gamal Shehata, Kinga Stuper-Szablewska, Drzewiecka, Adel Gabr Abdel-Razek Agricultural Journals

Identification and Differentiation between Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne., Opuntia ficus indica (L.) P. Miller, and Related Hoodia Species Using Microscopy and PCR Vaishali Joshi a; Natascha Techen a; Brian E. Scheffler b; Ikhlas A. Khan a a National Center for Natural Products, Research and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy,...

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 could be detected neither in different cultivars of prickly pears from Italy, South Africa and the Near East...

The genus Opuntia is a valuable forage resource in arid and semiarid lands during periods of drought and shortage of herbaceous plants. However, absolute minimum temperatures in the plains of Mendoza represent a limiting factor to cultivate several species. Opuntia ellisiana is a cold hardy species, so the goals of this study were to massively propagate is using in vitro culture techniques, and...

Strawberry fruit is a nonclimacteric and one of the most consumed berries in world. It characterized by high levels vitamin C, folate, E, β-carotene, phenolic constituents as well asanthocyanins that are strictly related to health benefits. Strawberries highly perishable with very short postharvest life due their susceptibility mechanical injury, rapid texture softening, physiological disorders...

Background: Hundreds of previous studies have suggested the beneficial effects of nopal extract on human body. We investigated here whether nopal extract shows cytoprotective activity against viral infection, ultraviolet (UV) irradiation and chemotherapeutic drug treatment used in the dentistry. Materials and methods: The water and ethanol extract of Opuntia f icus-indica (WEO and EEO, respecti...

This article presents results on the use of a new material as solidifying agent and/or color-fixing agent. A special polysaccharide extracted from prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica) was tested historical materials and modern papers. An old book 18th century chosen material. From mentioned 42 pages were taken, which conservation restoration pretreatment performed before applying material...