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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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Survey the Genetic Diversity of Eight Opuntia Species from Egypt using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Technique [PDF]

Journal of Advanced Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020
Opuntia is a large genus of succulent shrubs characterized by unique attractive flowers known as prickly pears by virtue of their characteristic edible fruits. They are used as laxative, diuretic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory.
Usama Abdelmohsen, Mona El-Tantawy, Seham El-Hawary, Mohamed Rabeh, Wafaa Badr   +4 more
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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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Anticancer activity of Opuntia cochenillifera extract against triple-negative breast cancer cells via apoptosis induction and bioinformatics-based target prediction [PDF]

Scripta Medica
Background/Aim: Breast cancer remains one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers among women worldwide and is a significant public health concern. Aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro anticancer activity of Opuntia cochenillifera ethanolic ...
Alaydrus Ali Akbar, Alaydrus Hasan Shodiq, Assegaf Adilah   +2 more
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