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Component Analysis and Evaluation of Anti-inflammatory Effect of Crude Polysaccharide from Tibetan Opuntia ficus-indica Stems

Shipin gongye ke-ji, 2022
In order to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect of crude polysaccharide from Tibetan Opuntia ficus-indica stems, the impacts of crude polysaccharide contents on the foot swelling in mice caused by carrageenin, and on the contents of inflammatory ...
Xiufeng CHENG, Jinchao ZHANG, Qian ZHAO, Zhang LUO, Zhendong LIU   +4 more
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Geography, climate and shifts in host plants distribution explain the genomic variation in the cactus moth

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Landscape heterogeneity and the host plant use are factors suggested to play determinant roles in shaping the evolutionary history of herbivorous insects.
Daniel Poveda-Martínez, Daniel Poveda-Martínez, Víctor Noguerales, Stephen D. Hight, Guillermo Logarzo, Brent C. Emerson, Laura Varone, Esteban Hasson   +7 more
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Opuntia

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Degradation Kinetics of Betacyanins during the Pasteurization and Storage of Cactus Pear (Opuntia dillenii Haw.) Juice Using the Arrhenius, Eyring, and Ball Models

Beverages, 2020
Betacyanin stability was assessed over temperatures ranging from 60 to 90 °C for cactus pear (Opuntia dillenii Haw.) juice. The juice showed a betacyanin content of 0.76 g/kg.
Joseph Bassama, Abdoulaye Tamba, Moussa Ndong, Khakhila Dieu Donnée Sarr, Mady Cissé   +4 more
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On 'Opuntia spinulifera' and 'O. streptacantha' (Cactaceae), new to Spain, and the status of 'O. huajuapensis' in that country

Mediterranean Botany, 2020
Opuntia spinulifera and O. streptacantha are reported for the first time from Spain. Both are more or less naturalized in scattered localities in Ayamonte (province of Huelva, SW Spain) where they were previously confused with O. huajuapensis.
Filip Verloove, Enrique Sanchez Gullon, Alex Guiggi   +2 more
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Variations in soil water replacement levels promote changes in forage cactus mineral composition and biomass productivity

Revista Ambiente & Água, 2020
Population growth and the need to exploit natural resources to produce food and guarantee food sovereignty reduce water availability, which can influence nutrient absorption capacity and production of plants.
Rener Luciano de Souza Ferraz, José Dantas Neto, Patrícia da Silva Costa, Antônio Suassuna de Lima, Patrícia Ferreira da Silva, Rigoberto Moreira de Matos, Alberto Soares de Melo   +6 more
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Beneficial Effects of Opuntia spp. on Liver Health

Antioxidants, 2023
The genus Opuntia spp. includes plants capable of growing in arid, temperate and tropical climates. The vast majority of wild species grow in Mexico, but O.
Irene Besné-Eseverri, Jenifer Trepiana, Saioa Gómez-Zorita, Marilena Antunes-Ricardo, M. Pilar Cano, María P. Portillo   +5 more
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Effects of browse legume species addition on nutritional composition, fermentation characteristics and aerobic stability of Opuntia cladodes silage

South African Journal of Science, 2022
Forage legumes are commonly used as an absorbent additive in high-moisture silages. Thus this study was carried out to assess the nutritive value, fermentation characteristics and aerobic stability of Opuntia–legume browse mixed silages.
Gopolang Matlabe, Hilda K. Mokoboki, Amenda N. Sebola, Cornelia K. Lebopa, Khuliso E. Ravhuhali, Onke Hawu   +5 more
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Periconceptional nutrition with spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) improves metabolomic profiles and pregnancy outcomes in sheep

Scientific Reports, 2021
We tested whether periconceptional nutrition with cladodes from the cactus, Opuntia ficus-indica, with or without protein-enrichment, improved the metabolomic profile and reproductive outcomes of adult female sheep. Sixty Rambouillet ewes of similar body
César A. Rosales-Nieto, Maribel Rodríguez-Aguilar, Francisco Santiago-Hernandez, Venancio Cuevas-Reyes, Manuel J. Flores-Najera, Juan M. Vázquez-García, Jorge Urrutia-Morales, Morteza Hosseini Ghaffari, César A. Meza-Herrera, Antonio González-Bulnes, Graeme B. Martin   +10 more
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A Systematic Review on Opuntia (Cactaceae; Opuntioideae) Flower-Visiting Insects in the World with Emphasis on Mexico: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation

Plants, 2022
Opuntia spp. are cacti with high ecological, economic and conservation interest in semiarid environments, particularly in Mexico. We conducted a systematic search of the existing peer-reviewed literature about the state of knowledge of pollination ...
Perla Tenorio-Escandón, Alfredo Ramírez-Hernández, Joel Flores, Jorge Juan-Vicedo, Ana Paola Martínez-Falcón   +4 more
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