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Agronomy, 2023 Prickly pear peel makes up around half of the fruit and is typically thrown away, creating an environmental issue. Due to its high bioactive chemical content, prickly pear peel can easily be used as a functional and nutraceutical ingredient in several ...
Hossam S. El-Beltagi +5 more
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Opuntia spp. Prickly Pear Cactus
EDIS, 2007 This document provides a detailed overview of the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia spp.), a plant native to the southern United States, including Florida. It describes the plant’s physical characteristics, such as its height, spread, and distinctive plate ...
Edward Gilman
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Physiological Efficiency and Yield of Prickly Pear and Gliricidia under Different Planting Configurations [PDF]
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2023 Physiological and yield evaluation of perennial forage plants grown in intercropping in the semiarid region is indispensable in the search for higher efficiency of the agricultural and livestock production systems.
José Thyago Aires Souza +5 more
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Prickly Pear Seed Oil Extraction, Chemical Characterization and Potential Health Benefits
Molecules, 2021 Prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L.) is a member of the Cactaceae family originally grown in South America, and the plant is now distributed to many parts of the world, including the Middle East.
Ghanya Al-Naqeb +3 more
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Quality Preservation of Ready-to-Eat Prickly Pears by Peels Recycling
Foods, 2022 In the current study, prickly pear peel was advantageously recycled to preserve fruit quality. Specifically, the investigated by-products were transformed into powder and then loaded into an alginate-based solution to be applied as coating to peeled ...
Olimpia Panza +3 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Recently, many studies have highlighted the health effects of betalains beyond their use as food dyes. The present study investigated betalain-rich extracts with different colors and their main bioactive compounds in order to provide first evidence as a ...
A. Smeriglio +4 more
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Chemical characteristics of seed oil from wild prickly pear (Opuntiaficus indica) in eastern Morocco [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica), is a Cactaceae plant with a great economic relevance in the world. Nowadays, nopal cactus industry is active and rapidly expanding.In fact, the seeds oil sector is the best exploitation due to the high price of
Marhri Ahmed +10 more
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Medicina, 2022 The worldwide prevalence of obesity is increasing along with its comorbidities, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). From a pathophysiological perspective, T2DM arises as a consequence of insulin resistance and pancreatic β-cell dysfunction, which ...
Rao Raahim Kashif +5 more
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Prickly pear spine keratoconjunctivitis
Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014 To study the ocular and extra-ocular features, clinical presentation, and treatment of prickly pear glochids.This retrospective study included 23 eyes of 21 patients with ocular prickly pear spines who were seen between August and October 2011 in the outpatient ophthalmic clinic at Prince Rashid Bin Al Hassan military hospital in Jordan.
Odat, Thabit Ali Mustafa +2 more
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Prickly Pear Cactus Control in Pastures
EDIS, 2020 Prickly pear cactus is not a problem in every pasture in Florida, but where it is found, it is often the biggest and most difficult issue to manage. Written by Brent Sellers, Pratap Devkota, and J.
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