Plant Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Indian Fig; Prickly Pear; Nopal; Nopalito

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
MALIC-ACID	15	Fruit	180.0	1700.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Leaf	not available	950.0	-1.18	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MESCALINE	10	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Bud	not available	1890.0	not available	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
METHIONINE	15	Seed	not available	4830.0	0.13	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
MUCILAGE	3	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-TYRAMINE	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOBETANIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOBETANIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOBETANIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
NIACIN	39	Bud	not available	4.6	-1.00	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
NIACIN	39	Fruit	3.0	27.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	4750.0	16015.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Oil	not available	88000.0	-1.22	Duke, 1992 *
OPUNTIAXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Apoptotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	2	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoconstrictor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchostimulant	1	Martindale's 28th
Bruchifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	4	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	27	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	2	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition