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Cactus: a medicinal food.

Anoop A Shetty1, M K Rana, S P Preetham.   

Abstract

With excellent quality and flavour of fresh fruits, young leaves of cactus serve as nutritious vegetable and salad dish and the immature fruits for making mock-gherkins. Cactus, with high water use efficiency produce forage for animals, vegetables, and fruits with 14% glucose. Traditionally cactus used as a valuable health supporting nutrient and it also has applications in pharmaceutical industries. Cactus with number of uses has immense potential to be the food of future.

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Keywords:  Cactus; Food; Medicine; Opuntia; Uses

Year:  2011        PMID： 24082263      PMCID： PMC3550841          DOI： 10.1007/s13197-011-0462-5

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Food Sci Technol        ISSN： 0022-1155            Impact factor:   2.701


  6 in total

Review 1.  Cactus stems (Opuntia spp.): a review on their chemistry, technology, and uses.

Authors:  Florian C Stintzing; Reinhold Carle
Journal:  Mol Nutr Food Res       Date:  2005-02       Impact factor: 5.914

2.  In vitro immunopotentiating properties and tumour cell toxicity induced by Lophophora williamsii (peyote) cactus methanolic extract.

Authors:  M Franco-Molina; R Gomez-Flores; P Tamez-Guerra; R Tamez-Guerra; L Castillo-Leon; C Rodríguez-Padilla
Journal:  Phytother Res       Date:  2003-11       Impact factor: 5.878

3.  Supplementation with cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) fruit decreases oxidative stress in healthy humans: a comparative study with vitamin C.

Authors:  Luisa Tesoriere; Daniela Butera; Anna Maria Pintaudi; Mario Allegra; Maria A Livrea
Journal:  Am J Clin Nutr       Date:  2004-08       Impact factor: 7.045

4.  Color properties and stability of betacyanins from Opuntia fruits.

Authors:  Rosario Castellar; José M Obón; Mercedes Alacid; José A Fernández-López
Journal:  J Agric Food Chem       Date:  2003-04-23       Impact factor: 5.279

5.  Studies on betaxanthin profiles of vegetables and fruits from the Chenopodiaceae and Cactaceae.

Authors:  Florian Kugler; Stephan Graneis; Florian C Stintzing; Reinhold Carle
Journal:  Z Naturforsch C J Biosci       Date:  2007 May-Jun

6.  Cactus pear: a natural product in cancer chemoprevention.

Authors:  Da-ming Zou; Molly Brewer; Francisco Garcia; Jean M Feugang; Jian Wang; Roungyu Zang; Huaguang Liu; Changping Zou
Journal:  Nutr J       Date:  2005-09-08       Impact factor: 3.271
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Review 1.  Middle East Medicinal Plants in the Treatment of Diabetes: A Review.

Authors:  Alaa M Abu-Odeh; Wamidh H Talib
Journal:  Molecules       Date:  2021-01-31       Impact factor: 4.411

2.  The plastome of Melocactus glaucescens Buining & Brederoo reveals unique evolutionary features and loss of essential tRNA genes.

Authors:  Tanara P Dalla Costa; Maria C Silva; Amanda de Santana Lopes; Túlio Gomes Pacheco; José D de Oliveira; Valter A de Baura; Eduardo Balsanelli; Emanuel Maltempi de Souza; Fábio de Oliveira Pedrosa; Marcelo Rogalski
Journal:  Planta       Date:  2022-02-03       Impact factor: 4.116
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