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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Heme-Sparing | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histaminic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 17 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 7 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |