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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antifertility	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	4	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosation	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.