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
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 *

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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
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	2	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychoactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotomimetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	2	Martindale's 28th
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Sedative	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sequestrant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).