Opuntiaficus-indica

Mosshammer, M.R., et al.. Impact of thermal treatment and storage on color of yellow-orange cactns pear (Opuntiaficus-indica [L.] MiU. cv. GiaUa )jnices, J. Food ScL, 71, C400, 2006. 

Galati EM, Pergolozzi S, Miceli N, Monforte MT and Tripodo MM. 2001. Study on the increment of production of gastric mucus in rats treated with Opuntiaficus-indica (L) Mill, cladodes. J Ethnopharmacol 83(3) 229—233. 

Stintzing FC, Schieber A and Carle R. 2002. Identification of betalains from yellowbeet (beta vulgaris L.) and cactus pear (Opuntiaficus-indica L. Mill.) by high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy. J Agric Food Chem 50 2302—2307. 

Butera D, Tesoriere L, Di Gaudio F, Bongiomo A, Allegra M, Pintaudi AM, Kohen R and Livrea MA. 2002. Antioxidant activities of Sicilian prickly pear (Opuntiaficus indica) fruit extracts and reducing properties of its betalains betanin and indicaxanthin. J Agric Food Chem 50(23) 6895—6901. 

Opuntiaficus-indica (Cactaceae), Spinacia oleracea (Chenopodiaceae), Drosera spp. (Droseraceae), Senna obtusfolia (Fabaceae), Musa sapientam (banana) (Musaceae), Nepenthes spp. (Nepenthaceae), Sarracenia sp. (Sarraceniaceae), Urtica dioica (Urticaceae) animals decarboxylation product of Histidine... 

Impellizzeri, G. and Piattelli, M. (1972) Biosynthesis of indicaxanthin in Opuntiaficus-indica fruits. Phytochemistry, 11, 2499-502. 

Minale, L., Piattelli, M. and Nicolaus, R.A. (1965) Pigments of Centrospermae-IV. On the biogenesis of indicaxanthin and betanin in Opuntiaficus-indica Mill. Phytochemistry, 4, 593-7. 

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