Department of Botany, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel

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1980 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...
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