TY - JOUR
T1 - Cactus
T2 - Chemical, nutraceutical composition and potential bio-pharmacological properties
AU - Das, Gitishree
AU - Lim, Kyung Jik
AU - Tantengco, Ourlad Alzeus G.
AU - Carag, Harold M.
AU - Gonçalves, Sandra
AU - Romano, Anabela
AU - Das, Swagat Kumar
AU - Coy-Barrera, Ericsson
AU - Shin, Han Seung
AU - Gutiérrez-Grijalva, Erick Paul
AU - Heredia, J. Basilio
AU - Patra, Jayanta Kumar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Cactus species are plants that grow in the arid and semiarid regions of the world. They have long fascinated the attention of the scientific community due to their unusual biology. Cactus species are used for a variety of purposes, such as food, fodder, ornamental, and as medicinal plants. In the last regard, they have been used in traditional medicine for eras by the ancient people to cure several diseases. Recent scientific investigations suggest that cactus materials may be used as a source of naturally-occurring products, such as mucilage, fiber, pigments, and antioxidants. For this reason, numerous species under this family are becoming endangered and extinct. This review provides an overview of the habitat, classification, phytochemistry, chemical constituents, extraction and isolation of bioactive compounds, nutritional and pharmacological potential with pre-clinical and clinical studies of different Cactus species. Furthermore, conservation strategies for the ornamental and endangered species have also been discussed.
AB - Cactus species are plants that grow in the arid and semiarid regions of the world. They have long fascinated the attention of the scientific community due to their unusual biology. Cactus species are used for a variety of purposes, such as food, fodder, ornamental, and as medicinal plants. In the last regard, they have been used in traditional medicine for eras by the ancient people to cure several diseases. Recent scientific investigations suggest that cactus materials may be used as a source of naturally-occurring products, such as mucilage, fiber, pigments, and antioxidants. For this reason, numerous species under this family are becoming endangered and extinct. This review provides an overview of the habitat, classification, phytochemistry, chemical constituents, extraction and isolation of bioactive compounds, nutritional and pharmacological potential with pre-clinical and clinical studies of different Cactus species. Furthermore, conservation strategies for the ornamental and endangered species have also been discussed.
KW - bioactive compounds
KW - cactus
KW - nutraceutical
KW - pharmaceutical properties
KW - phytotherapy
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U2 - 10.1002/ptr.6889
DO - 10.1002/ptr.6889
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33025610
AN - SCOPUS:85092108345
SN - 0951-418X
VL - 35
SP - 1248
EP - 1283
JO - Phytotherapy Research
JF - Phytotherapy Research
IS - 3
ER -