Composition and properties of Opuntia ficus-indica mucilage

Shlomo Trachtenberg; Alfred M. Mayer

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Composition and properties of Opuntia ficus-indica mucilage

Shlomo Trachtenberg^*, Alfred M. Mayer

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Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC)

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Abstract

The mucilage isolated from Opuntia is shown to contain arabinose, galactose, galacturonic acid, rhamnose and xylose. It has a uronic acid content of ca 10% and a MW of 4.3 × 10⁶. It equilibrates to 175% of its dry wt at 100% relative humidity. Its possible role in the physiology of the plant is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2665-2668
Number of pages	4
Journal	Phytochemistry
Volume	20
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(81)85263-6
State	Published - 1981

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