Antiulcer activity of Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill. (Cactaceae): ultrastructural study

Phytochemical, antioxidant and protective effect of Rhus tripartitum root bark extract against ethanol-induced ulcer in rats

“…A synergistic reducing power could be also played by polysaccharide content detected in RTE. It has been reported that polysaccharides could have a reducing and antiulcerogenic activities (Galati et al 2001;Zhong et al 2010). The reducing ability attributed to phenolics, flavonoids and polysaccharide could confer to the RTE an in vivo antiulcerogenic effect.…”

Insecticide Activity of Lectins and Secondary Metabolites

“…(Angiosperms, Eudicots, Order Caryophyllales, Family Cactaceae) has the popular names "palma forrageira" or "figo-da-Índia" in Portuguese, "nopal" or "tuna" in Spanish, and Indian fig opuntia or barbary fig in English (Judd et al, 2007). Cladodes are used in folk medicine and studies demonstrated their diuretic, antiulcer and wound-healing activities (Galati et al, 2001;Galati et al, 2002;Trombetta et al, 2006). O. ficus indica is grown in northeastern Brazil as an important feed source for animals, and cladodes have been reported to be a component in sheep feed (Tegegne et al, 2007 (Santana et al, 2009).…”

Use of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill extracts from Brazilian Caatinga as an alternative of natural moisturizer in cosmetic formulations

“…Thus, several studies have been conducted showing diuretic action (Galati et al, 2002a), antiulcer activity, increased production of gastric mucus and gastric protective activity (Galati et al, 2001;Galati et al, 2002b), wound healing (Park, Chun, 2001), antioxidant properties (Zhong et al, 2010), a protective effect in cartilage alteration (Panico et al, 2007) and hypoglycemic action (Butterweck et al, 2011).…”