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12/03/2024 Publication Opuntia fícus-indica and Nopalea cochenillifera cacti:production systems and uses

The cacti species Opuntia fícus-indica and Nopalea cochenillifera originated in México and are nowadays cultivated in Brazil and other countries. They have several uses: human and animal food, medicine, pharmaceutical industry, dye production and soils conservation. In the Brazilian semiarid region, they are almost exclusively used as in natura...
12/03/2024 Person Alfred M. Mayer, Ph.D.

Department of Botany, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel
12/03/2024 Person Shlomo Trachtenberg, Ph.D.

Department of Botany, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel
12/03/2024 Publication Biophysical properties of Opuntia ficus-indica mucilage

The purified mucilage from Opuntia ficus-indica is a high MW polysaccharide which behaves as a polyelectrolyte. Viscosity of its solution is dependent on the Ca2+ ion concentration and on pH, being greatest at alkaline pH. The sedimentation coefficient was dependent on concentration. The molecule had an estimated axial ratio...
12/03/2024 Person P. M. Loiseau, Ph.D.

Chimiothérapie antiparasitaire, UMR 8076 CNRS BioCIS, Faculté de Pharmacie, University Paris-Sud, rue J. B. Clément, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry cedex, France
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