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Nopal Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as a Source of Bioactive Compounds for Nutrition, Health and Disease

Opuntia ficus-indica, commonly referred to as prickly pear or nopal cactus, is a dicotyledonous angiosperm plant. It belongs to the Cactaceae family and is characterized by its remarkable adaptation to arid and semi-arid climates in tropical and subtropical regions of the globe. In the last decade,...

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Autores principales: El-Mostafa, Karym, El Kharrassi, Youssef, Badreddine, Asmaa, Andreoletti, Pierre, Vamecq, Joseph, El Kebbaj, M’Hammed Saïd, Latruffe, Norbert, Lizard, Gérard, Nasser, Boubker, Cherkaoui-Malki, Mustapha
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Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6270776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25232708
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules190914879
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author El-Mostafa, Karym
El Kharrassi, Youssef
Badreddine, Asmaa
Andreoletti, Pierre
Vamecq, Joseph
El Kebbaj, M’Hammed Saïd
Latruffe, Norbert
Lizard, Gérard
Nasser, Boubker
Cherkaoui-Malki, Mustapha
author_facet El-Mostafa, Karym
El Kharrassi, Youssef
Badreddine, Asmaa
Andreoletti, Pierre
Vamecq, Joseph
El Kebbaj, M’Hammed Saïd
Latruffe, Norbert
Lizard, Gérard
Nasser, Boubker
Cherkaoui-Malki, Mustapha
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description Opuntia ficus-indica, commonly referred to as prickly pear or nopal cactus, is a dicotyledonous angiosperm plant. It belongs to the Cactaceae family and is characterized by its remarkable adaptation to arid and semi-arid climates in tropical and subtropical regions of the globe. In the last decade, compelling evidence for the nutritional and health benefit potential of this cactus has been provided by academic scientists and private companies. Notably, its rich composition in polyphenols, vitamins, polyunsaturated fatty acids and amino acids has been highlighted through the use of a large panel of extraction methods. The identified natural cactus compounds and derivatives were shown to be endowed with biologically relevant activities including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, antimicrobial and neuroprotective properties. The present review is aimed at stressing the major classes of cactus components and their medical interest through emphasis on some of their biological effects, particularly those having the most promising expected health benefit and therapeutic impacts.
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spelling pubmed-62707762018-12-27 Nopal Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as a Source of Bioactive Compounds for Nutrition, Health and Disease El-Mostafa, Karym El Kharrassi, Youssef Badreddine, Asmaa Andreoletti, Pierre Vamecq, Joseph El Kebbaj, M’Hammed Saïd Latruffe, Norbert Lizard, Gérard Nasser, Boubker Cherkaoui-Malki, Mustapha Molecules Review Opuntia ficus-indica, commonly referred to as prickly pear or nopal cactus, is a dicotyledonous angiosperm plant. It belongs to the Cactaceae family and is characterized by its remarkable adaptation to arid and semi-arid climates in tropical and subtropical regions of the globe. In the last decade, compelling evidence for the nutritional and health benefit potential of this cactus has been provided by academic scientists and private companies. Notably, its rich composition in polyphenols, vitamins, polyunsaturated fatty acids and amino acids has been highlighted through the use of a large panel of extraction methods. The identified natural cactus compounds and derivatives were shown to be endowed with biologically relevant activities including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, antimicrobial and neuroprotective properties. The present review is aimed at stressing the major classes of cactus components and their medical interest through emphasis on some of their biological effects, particularly those having the most promising expected health benefit and therapeutic impacts. MDPI 2014-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6270776/ /pubmed/25232708 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules190914879 Text en © 2014 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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El-Mostafa, Karym
El Kharrassi, Youssef
Badreddine, Asmaa
Andreoletti, Pierre
Vamecq, Joseph
El Kebbaj, M’Hammed Saïd
Latruffe, Norbert
Lizard, Gérard
Nasser, Boubker
Cherkaoui-Malki, Mustapha
Nopal Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as a Source of Bioactive Compounds for Nutrition, Health and Disease
title Nopal Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as a Source of Bioactive Compounds for Nutrition, Health and Disease
title_full Nopal Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as a Source of Bioactive Compounds for Nutrition, Health and Disease
title_fullStr Nopal Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as a Source of Bioactive Compounds for Nutrition, Health and Disease
title_full_unstemmed Nopal Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as a Source of Bioactive Compounds for Nutrition, Health and Disease
title_short Nopal Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as a Source of Bioactive Compounds for Nutrition, Health and Disease
title_sort nopal cactus (opuntia ficus-indica) as a source of bioactive compounds for nutrition, health and disease
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6270776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25232708
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules190914879
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