Abdel-Hameed El-Sayed S, Nagaty Mohamed A, Salman Mahmood S, Bazaid Salih A
Natural Products Analysis Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Taif University, Saudi Arabia; Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt.
Plant Production Department, Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Suez Canal University, El Arish, Egypt.
Food Chem. 2014 Oct 1;160:31-8. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.03.060. Epub 2014 Mar 21.
The antioxidant properties, some phytochemicals and nutritionals were characterized in two prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica Mill.) cultivars; red and yellow; growing in Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The antioxidant properties of red cactus cultivar were higher than the yellow cactus cultivar. Linear correlation appeared between the antioxidant properties and total phenolics. All samples nearly have the same quantity of iron, copper, sodium and potassium. Some phenolic compounds were detected by HPLC-UV analysis. HPLC-RI analysis of all samples revealed the absence of sucrose and the presence of glucose and fructose. According to the above results, this study gave a good indication about the nutritional and pharmaceutical potential of the two cactus cultivars that must be widespread cultivated in arid and semiarid regions as KSA accompanying with establishment of industries beside the cactus farms that used all parts of plants.
对生长在沙特阿拉伯王国（KSA）塔伊夫的两个仙人掌品种（印度仙人掌，Opuntia ficus indica Mill.）——红色和黄色品种的抗氧化特性、一些植物化学物质和营养成分进行了表征。红色仙人掌品种的抗氧化特性高于黄色仙人掌品种。抗氧化特性与总酚之间呈现线性相关性。所有样品中的铁、铜、钠和钾含量几乎相同。通过HPLC-UV分析检测到了一些酚类化合物。所有样品的HPLC-RI分析表明不存在蔗糖，存在葡萄糖和果糖。根据上述结果，本研究很好地表明了这两个仙人掌品种的营养和药用潜力，它们必须在像沙特阿拉伯这样的干旱和半干旱地区广泛种植，并在仙人掌农场旁边建立利用植物所有部分的产业。
