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Utilization of Prickly Pear Peels Flour as a Natural Source of Minerals, Dietary Fiber and Antioxidants: Effect on Cakes Production

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, Abdelrahman R. Ahmed, Heba I. Mohamed, Hala Hazam Al-Otaibi, Khaled M. A. Ramadan, Haiam O. Elkatry   +5 more
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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, Jucilene Silva Araújo, João Everthon da Silva Ribeiro, Elder Cunha de Lira, Evaldo dos Santos Félix, Tarcísio José de Oliveira Filho   +5 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, Valentina Lacivita, Amalia Conte, Matteo Alessandro Del Nobile   +3 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, Belhaj Kamal, Melhaoui Reda, Tikent Aziz, Benmoumen Abdessamad, Mihamou Aatika, Serghini-Caid Hana, Elamrani Ahmed, Hano Christophe, Abid Malika, Addi Mohamed   +10 more
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Prickly Pear Betalain-Rich Extracts as New Promising Strategy for Intestinal Inflammation: Plant Complex vs. Main Isolated Bioactive Compounds

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, C. De Francesco, C. De Francesco, M. Denaro, D. Trombetta   +4 more
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Prickly Pear Cacti (Opuntia spp.) Cladodes as a Functional Ingredient for Hyperglycemia Management: A Brief Narrative Review

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, Nathan M. D’Cunha, Duane D. Mellor, Natalie I. Alexopoulos, Domenico Sergi, Nenad Naumovski   +5 more
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Characterization of Bioactive Compounds of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. Seeds from Spanish Cultivars

Molecules, 2020
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. is the Cactaceae plant with the greatest economic relevance in the world. It can be used for medicinal purposes, animal nutrition, production of biofuels and phytoremediation of soils.
Joanna Kolniak-Ostek, Agnieszka Kita, Joanna Miedzianka, Lucia Andreu-Coll, Pilar Legua, Francisca Hernandez   +5 more
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Back to forests in pre-Saharan Morocco? When prickly pear cultivation and traditional agropastoralism reduction promote argan tree regeneration

Silva Fennica, 2017
In the southwestern pre-Saharan arid zone of Morocco, the endemic argan forest () had been almost completely destroyed in the 1960s due to intensive coal mining and mixed cereal-livestock farming.
Genin, Miguel, Alifriqui, Mohamed, Fakhech, Abdessamad, Hafidi, Mohamed, Ouahmane, Lahcen, Genin, Didier   +5 more
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ROLE OF CELL WALL PECTIC POLYSACCHARIDES OF PRICKLY PEAR PEEL ON SOME BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF EXPERIMENTAL RATS [PDF]

Journal of Food and Dairy Sciences, 2005
The present study aims to explore the role of cell wall pectic polysaccharides of prickly pear peel on some biological activities of rats. This was achieved by altering the structure of cell wall pectic polysaccharides either by physical means (fiber ...
H. Helmy, E. Abd El-Wahab, H. Siliha
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Fermentation Patterns, Methane Production and Microbial Population under In Vitro Conditions from Two Unconventional Feed Resources Incorporated in Ruminant Diets

Animals, 2023
In this study, four experimental treatments were evaluated: (T1) alfalfa hay + concentrate, (50:50%, DM); (T2) alfalfa hay + Leucaena leucocephala + concentrate, (30:20:50%, DM); (T3) alfalfa hay + prickly pear + concentrate, (30:20:50%, DM); and (T4 ...
Karina A. Araiza Ponce, J. Natividad Gurrola Reyes, Sandra C. Martínez Estrada, José M. Salas Pacheco, Javier Palacios Torres, Manuel Murillo Ortiz   +5 more
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