The Comparative Effect of Nopal and Mucilage in Metabolic Parameters in Rats with a High-Fructose Diet

Malus toringoides (Rehd.) Hughes Improves Metabolic Syndrome and Liver Injury in High-Fructose-Induced Mice

“…MS plays an important role in pathogenesis of chronic diseases, which can reduce of human quality of life and increase mortality [19,20]. The comprehensive treatment of metabolic syndrome should be to reverse hyperglycemia, hypertension, obesity, insulin resistance, etc.…”

The effects of betalain-rich cacti (dragon fruit and cactus pear) on endothelial and vascular function: a systematic review of animal and human studies

“…Among animal studies, five showed significant reductions in BP. [34][35][36][37][38] In the first study, 34 24 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: I (control), II (diabetic), III (low dose), and IV (high dose). Group II, III and IV were given Streptozotocin (STZ) injection to induce diabetes.…”

“…However, there were also no difference in diastolic arterial pressure (DAP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) across all groups. On another study, 36 male Wistar rats (n = 21) were subjected to three weeks of high-fruc-tose diet and then randomly divided into three groups: (1) control group; (2) group receiving 500 mg per kg bw mucilage of cactus pear cladodes; (3) group receiving 4.36 g per kg bw fresh liquefied cactus pear cladodes. After 30 days of treatment, they observed a significant decrease in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in the group that had the fresh cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) when compared to control (P < 0.05) although the absolute change was not reported by the authors.…”

“…Lyophilised extract of cladode power; from cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) MAP↓ in a dose-dependent manner following extract administration compared to control group (P < 0.05). 40, 60, 80 and 100 mg per kg bw at 0, 20, 40, and 60 min respectively Cardenas et al (2019)36 Male Wistar rats (n = 21) after three weeks of high-fructose diet (HFD) were divided into three groups to receive either mucilage (gel extraction), fresh nopal cladodes or water orally for 30 days.Group 1: mucilage of cladodes; of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) No difference in SBP compared to control group. Group 2: liquefied nopal cladodes; of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) DBP↓ significantly only in fresh nopal group compared to control group (P < 0.05).…”

Acid Hydrolysis of Pectin and Mucilage from Cactus (Opuntia ficus) for Identification and Quantification of Monosaccharides

“…On the other hand, xylose is directly linked to galacturonic acid. Figure 2 shows the structure of pectin in detail [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22].…”