Variation in chemical composition and biological activities of two species of Opuntia flowers at four stages of flowering

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-40

  Ammar, Imène ^a   Ennouri, Monia ^a,b   Khemakhem, Bassem ^c   Yangui, Thabèt ^d   Attia, Hamadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^d CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Flower; Flowering stage; Opuntia ficus indica; Opuntia stricta

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FLOWER; FLOWERING STAGE; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; OPUNTIA STRICTA;

BIOACTIVITY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXANE; OLEFINS;

BACTERIA;

ALCOHOL; ALKANE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CACTUS; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER; FLOWER; FLOWERING; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TERPENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; OPUNTIA STRICTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84857133970     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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