Promoting of Growth in Ross 208 Chicken Broilers Following a Diet Based on Opuntia ficus-Indica (Prickly Pear) Fruit

Prickly pear fruit peel constitutes a high percentage of the fruit and could be a natural, economic agro-industrial waste of potential use in the nutraceutical industry.

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Drying kinetics of prickly pear fruit (Opuntia ficus indica)

Journal of Food Engineering ◽

10.1016/s0260-8774(03)00084-0 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 61 (2) ◽

pp. 173-179 ◽

Cited By ~ 107

Author(s):

S. Lahsasni ◽

M. Kouhila ◽

M. Mahrouz ◽

J.T. Jaouhari

Keyword(s):

Drying Kinetics ◽

Prickly Pear ◽

Pear Fruit ◽

Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽

Kinetics Of

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Modelling of the Drying Kinetics of Opuntia Ficus Indica Fruits and Cladodes

International Journal of Food Engineering ◽

10.2202/1556-3758.1589 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Amira Touil ◽

Saber Chemkhi ◽

Fethi Zagrouba

Keyword(s):

Prickly Pear ◽

Drying Rate ◽

Pear Fruit ◽

Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽

Rate Period ◽

Different Temperatures ◽

Drying Rates ◽

Drying Behaviour ◽

Drying Curves ◽

Kinetics Of

The effect of the drying rates of fruit and cladode of Opuntia Ficus Indica was examined at different temperatures. The experimental drying curves show only a falling drying rate period. The values of drying rate of prickly pear (fruit and cladode) almost doubled when the drying temperature was increased from 40 to 60°C. The experimental drying data were applied to various drying equation (Logarithmic; Wang and Singh, Henderson and Pabis, MMF model and Midilli equation). Midilli equation was optimal for characterizing drying behaviour of prickly pear for the whole range of temperature with a correlation coefficient of 99.99% for the fruit and the cladode and a standard error of 0.0015 for the fruit and 0.0017 for the cladode.

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LIPOXYGENASE ACTIVITY IN PRICKLY PEAR FRUIT (OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA[L.] MILL. CACTACEAE)

Journal of Food Biochemistry ◽

10.1111/j.1745-4514.2009.00291.x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 439-450 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

AMBRA DE GREGORIO ◽

NICOLETTA ARENA ◽

DANIELE GIUFFRIDA

Keyword(s):

Lipoxygenase Activity ◽

Prickly Pear ◽

Pear Fruit ◽

Opuntia Ficus Indica

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Assessment ofOpuntia ficus-indicain vivo Following Ethnobotanical Survey: Confirmation of its Analgesic Activity

Phytothérapie ◽

10.3166/phyto-2019-0144 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (S1) ◽

pp. S191-S196

Author(s):

A. Mouhaddach ◽

A. El-hadi ◽

K. Taghzouti ◽

M. Bendaou ◽

R. Hassikou

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Analgesic Activity ◽

Prickly Pear ◽

Tail Flick ◽

Ethnobotanical Study ◽

Ethnobotanical Survey ◽

Hot Plate ◽

Traditional Use ◽

Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽

Plant Parts

Opuntia ficus-indica(the cactus or prickly pear) is a cactus belonging to the Opuntiae family. Several Opuntiae plant parts have been used in traditional Moroccan medicine. In this study, we investigated its most common use as an analgesic. An ethnobotanical study ofOpuntia ficus-indicawas first conducted in 10 areas in Morocco. Extracts fromOpuntia ficus-indicacladodes were obtained using a decoction method and its analgesic activity in mice was investigated by the hot plate and tail flick methods. Cladode extracts had significant (p<0.05) analgesic activity at intraperitoneal doses of 300, 500, and 1000 mg/kg body weight. Both methods revealed significantly increased latency at all three doses (p<0.05) compared to controls. These data suggest that the traditional use of this plant as an analgesic is valid; in fact, perhaps it may be a centrally-acting analgesic.

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Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear).

10.1079/fc.37714.20210115260 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nick Pasiecznik

Keyword(s):

Vitamin C ◽

Large Scale ◽

Time Lag ◽

Prickly Pear ◽

Invasive Weeds ◽

Historical Records ◽

Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽

Actual Risk ◽

Invasive Spread ◽

Almost All

Abstract O. ficus-indica is highly valued as a fruit-producing cactus, also yielding 'leaves' that are used as a vegetable and browsed by livestock. It has been introduced widely from its native Mexico to almost all countries where the climate is suitable. The fruit is very rich in vitamin C and is exploited commercially in many areas. Many countries, especially in Asia, have recently established large-scale commercial plantations. However, O. ficus-indica, like several other species of Opuntia, have been known to spread and become invasive weeds. Historical records, however, appear to indicate a time-lag of about 100 years between introduction and the beginnings of invasive spread thus the actual risk may be low.

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Determination of Physical and Phytochemical Properties of Prickly Pear ( Opuntia ficus‐indica L.)

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation ◽

10.1111/jfpp.15990 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Evren Caglar Eroglu ◽

Rıdvan Arslan ◽

Ayşegül Güleç ◽

Salih Aksay

Keyword(s):

Prickly Pear ◽

Opuntia Ficus Indica

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Microencapsulation of Purple Cactus Pear Fruit (Opuntia ficus indica) Extract by the Combined Method W/O/W Double Emulsion-Spray Drying and Conventional Spray Drying: A Comparative Study

Processes ◽

10.3390/pr6100189 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (10) ◽

pp. 189 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Keren Toledo-Madrid ◽

Tzayhrí Gallardo-Velázquez ◽

Guillermo Osorio-Revilla

Keyword(s):

Spray Drying ◽

Desirability Function ◽

Double Emulsion ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Antioxidant Compounds ◽

Pear Fruit ◽

Cactus Pear ◽

Opuntia Ficus Indica ◽

Globule Size ◽

Oil In Water

The aim of this study was to microencapsulate an optimized extract of purple cactus pear fruit (Opuntia ficus indica), rich in phenolic compounds (PC), betacyanins (BC), and betaxanthins (BX), with antioxidant capacity (AC), by two methodologies: combined water-in-oil-in water double emulsions-spray drying (W/O/W-SP) and conventional spray drying, studying the effect of spray drying (SP) on PC and AC. Optimal extraction conditions for bioactive compounds were: 52 °C, for 30 min, using aqueous ethanol (40%) as the solvent, with a 0.85 desirability function, obtaining 17.39 ± 0.11 mg GAE/gdw (gallic acid equivalents per gram of dry weight) for PC, 0.35 mg BE/gdw (betanin equivalents per gram of dry weight) for BC, and 0.26 mg IE/gdw (indicaxanthin equivalents per gram of dry weight) for BX. The best combination of temperatures for conventional SP and W/O/W-SP was 160–80 °C obtaining the highest retention and encapsulation efficiencies for PC. For conventional SP, results were: 107% and 100% PC and AC retention efficiencies (RE-PC and RE-AC), respectively, with 97% of PC encapsulation efficiency (EE-PC), meanwhile for the W/O/W-SP results were: 78% and 103% RE-PC and RE-AC, respectively, with 70% of EE-PC. Microcapsules obtained with W/O/W-SP maintained their structure and integrity and showed a considerable reduction in globule size in the reconstituted W/O/W emulsions due to the spray drying stress. Despite having lower EE-PC than conventional SP, spray dried W/O/W emulsions seems to be a promising controlled-delivery vehicle for antioxidant compounds.

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