Archive Issue Details

Archive Issue Details Volume.3 ,Issue . 2

Manuscript Number
IJPRT-2024-01-075

Manuscript Title
Cactus as a Medicinal Plant: A Review

Article Type
Review Article

Author Names

PR Gunjal *
AP Gunjal
KS Mhaismale
PS Lohare
PL Phalke

Abstract
The Cactus is one of the most widely distributed plants in the xeric environment and has special characteristics. The major species of cacti used for livestock include opuntia ficus-indica Mill. opuntia lindheimeri Engelm, opuntia ellisiana, opuntia engelmannii Salm Dyck, opuntia chrysacantha Berg, opuntia amyclae, opuntia rastrera Weber, opuntia stricta Haw, and Nopalea cochenillifera Salm Dyck. Cactus species are plants that grow in the arid and semiarid regions of the world. Certain opuntia s

Keywords .
Cactus, Opuntia, Cactus pear, Cactaceae, Antioxidant, Physico-chemical Composition, Pharmacological Properties

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