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Common Names
Indian Fig; Prickly Pear; Nopal; Nopalito
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETANIN | 5 | Fruit | not available | 7.9 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Bud | not available | 560.0 | -1.00 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 180.0 | 3065.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Be | not available | 560.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | 140000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Bud | not available | 118600.0 | -1.00 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 56000.0 | 892000.0 | 0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 482000.0 | 558000.0 | 0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CELLULOSE | 1 | Fruit | not available | 13000.0 | -0.53 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CHOLESTEROL | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | 15000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | 475.0 | 4560.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Leaf | not available | 310.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | not available | 3.4 | -1.04 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| CYSTEINE | 13 | Seed | not available | 5740.0 | 0.20 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | 30.0 | not available | Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar. |
| FAT | 0 | Bud | not available | 24800.0 | 1.00 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 4000.0 | 29400.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 54000.0 | 182000.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Diuretic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Emetic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Essential | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 7 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Glutathionergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hallucinogen | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |