The present study was conducted to investigate the micromorphological structure and
phytochemical constituents of Opuntia littoralis stem (cladodes) growing at the western
Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The cladodes were collected during the wet season
(February) and dry season (September) of 2015. The size of the cladode cells differ from wet
to dry season, where both composed of thin cuticle covering the epidermis, hypodermis
layer, parenchyma with storage cells and scattered bicollateral vascular bundles. The stem …