In recent decades, the polysaccharides from the medicinal plants have attracted a lot of
attention due to their significant bioactivities, such as anti-tumor activity, antioxidant activity …

Opuntia ficus-indica, commonly referred to as prickly pear or nopal cactus, is a
dicotyledonous angiosperm plant. It belongs to the Cactaceae family and is characterized by …

Consumers are increasingly avoiding foods containing synthetic colourants, which lead food
industries to replace them by natural pigments, such as carotenoids, betalains, anthocyanins …

Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris cicla, BVc) and beetroot (Beta vulgaris rubra, BVr) are vegetables
of the Chenopodiaceae family, widely consumed in traditional western cooking. These …

Bioactive compounds of pulp (CP) and ethanolic (CE) extracts of the cactus pear (Opuntia
ficus-indica) were encapsulated with maltodextrin (MD) or inulin (I). A 22 statistical factorial …

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a specialized mode of photosynthesis that features
nocturnal CO 2 uptake, facilitates increased water‐use efficiency (WUE), and enables CAM …

Covering: 2000 to 2015 Despite a pervasive decline in natural product research at many
pharmaceutical companies over the last two decades, natural products have undeniably …

The microencapsulation of betalains from cactus fruit by spray drying was evaluated as a
stabilization strategy for these pigments. The betalains used as active agent were extracted …

Abstract Opuntia ficus-indica [L.] Mill.(OFI) flower has been studied less than OFI fruit and
cladode for the bioactive compounds occurrence. Also, ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) …

Plants with beneficial properties are known in traditional medicine. Nowadays, in spite of
widespread availability of synthetic compounds, the search goes towards natural …