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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae)

Common Names
Indian Fig; Prickly Pear; Nopal; Nopalito
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SERINE 1 Bud 3830.0 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
SERINE 1 Seed 7665.0 -0.56 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Fruit 25.0 220.0 -1.00 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
SODIUM 1 Bud 90.0 -1.00 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
SODIUM 1 Seed 714.0 0.42 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Flower *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 3130.0 10555.0 -0.34 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Oil 58000.0 -0.47 *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil 70000.0 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed Oil 65000.0 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Fruit *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 56000.0 560000.0 1.43 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit *
THIAMIN 31 Bud 0.1 -1.00 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.1 1.3 -0.52 *
THREONINE 4 Bud 3845.0 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
THREONINE 4 Seed 7330.0 -0.18 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
TOCOPHEROL 93 Bud 2.5 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 1665.0 -0.57 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 1 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 1 *
Cytotoxic 2 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 3 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Detoxicant 3 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th