Nutritional value and hypoglycemic effect of prickly cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) fruit juice in alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 356-377

  Abd El Razek, Fatma Hassan ^a   Hassan, Amal A ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alloxan; Antioxidant activity; Cactus juice; Diabetic rats; Hypoglycemic effect; Nutritional value; Sensory evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864434807     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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