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
TYRAMINE	11	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Bud	not available	3220.0	not available	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
TYROSINE	8	Seed	not available	6590.0	-0.27	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
URONIC-ACID	0	Gum	not available	not available	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.
VALINE	3	Bud	not available	5485.0	not available	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
VALINE	3	Seed	not available	10500.0	-0.19	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
VIT-D	0	Bud	not available	0.1	not available	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
VIT-D0.07	0	Bud	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Bud	not available	952600.0	1.00	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
WATER	0	Fruit	814000.0	864000.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	53000.0	136000.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Gum	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	15.0	-0.86	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.

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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).