Tissue succulence in plants involves the storage of water in one or more organs or tissues to
assist in maintaining water potentials on daily or seasonal time scales. This drought …

Opuntia spp. are crops well adapted to adverse environments and have great economic
potential. Their constituents, including fruits, cladodes, and flowers, have a high nutritional …

Based on high quality surgery and scientific data, scientists and surgeons are committed to
protecting patients as well as healthcare staff and hereby provide this Guidance to address …

The present work focuses on the proximate physical and chemical profile of Opuntia ficus-
indica mucilage, mechanically extracted from cladodes, a waste of pruning in traditional …

Although nopal cladodes are a valuable bioactive compound source, they have historically
been underused. This review draws a parallel between quantitative and qualitative data …

Plant polysaccharides are beneficial for developing new drugs, nutraceuticals and functional
foods. Cactus is of interest to researchers in agronomy, medicine and food chemistry …

Opuntia spp. are cacti with high ecological, economic and conservation interest in semiarid
environments, particularly in Mexico. We conducted a systematic search of the existing peer …

This systematic review and bibliometric analysis investigated the research gaps, trends, and
updates in the recovery and applications of betanin and vitexin, focusing on describing the …

The dry, powdered cladodes of Opuntia ficus-indica are often-used in over-the-counter
(OTC) pharmaceutical formulations. Gentle drying techniques, such as lyophilization and …

Solar energy and the bioeconomy are emerging as two new important assets of the United
Arab Emirates' economy. The consequences identified in this study offering guidelines to …