Natural products and health foods have recently received a lot of attention both by health
professionals and the common population for improving overall well-being, as well as in the …

Opuntia species have been used for centuries as food resources and in traditional folk
medicine for their nutritional properties and their benefit in chronic diseases, particularly …

Opuntia ficus‐indica is a long‐domesticated cactus crop that is important in agricultural
economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. The biogeographic and …

The Ocimum genus includes more than 150 species. However, some attributions are
difficult, due to the interference of man with selection, cultivation and hybridisation within the …

Within the Cactaceae family, Opuntia comprises the most widespread species, with a
recognized importance in human life, including feeding, domestic use as home natural …

Opuntia ficus-indica is the cactus species with the highest economic importance worldwide.
It is cultivated for its fruits, forage, or as host of the cochineal insect, but only in México their …

Opuntia species have been used for centuries as food resources and in traditional folk
medicine for their nutritional properties and their benefit in chronic diseases, particularly …

Resumen En la Altiplanicie Meridional se localiza el 35% de las especies mexicanas de
Opuntia y unas 144 variantes, con distinto grado de humanización, que se usan por sus …

Opuntia spp. belong to the Cactaceae family and are native to Central America. The most
economically important species is O. ficus indica, cultivated both for fruits and cladodes. The …

Deserts are hostile environments to plant life due to exposure to abiotic stresses, including
high temperature, heat, high light, low water availability, and poor soil quality. Desert plants …