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

Food

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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
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Myostimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	3	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *