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Experimental binding of lead to a low cost on biosorbent: Nopal (Opuntia streptacantha).

Wing morphology and fluctuating asymmetry depend on the host plant in cactophilic Drosophila.

Herbivore-mediated ecological costs of reproduction shape the life history of an iteroparous plant.

Opuntia ficus indica extract protects against chlorpyrifos-induced damage on mice liver.

On the nature of facultative and constitutive CAM: environmental and developmental control of CAM expression during early growth of Clusia, Kalanchöe, and Opuntia.

Salt stress increases the expression of p5cs gene and induces proline accumulation in cactus pear.

Betanin a betacyanin pigment purified from fruits of Opuntia ficus-indica induces apoptosis in human chronic myeloid leukemia Cell line-K562.

Physicochemical characterization of nopal pads (Opuntia ficus indica) and dry vacuum nopal powders as a function of the maturation.

Changes in respiratory mitochondrial machinery and cytochrome and alternative pathway activities in response to energy demand underlie the acclimation of respiration to elevated CO2 in the invasive Opuntia ficus-indica.

Chemical composition and antifungal activity of volatiles from three Opuntia species growing in Tunisia.

Demographic models reveal the shape of density dependence for a specialist insect herbivore on variable host plants.

The effect of ultraviolet-depleted light on the flavonol contents of the cactus species Opuntia wilcoxii and Opuntia violacea.

[Determination of trace elements in new food sources by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry].

Occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in artisanal Palmero cheese smoked with two types of vegetable matter.

Two new alpha-pyrones and other components from the cladodes of Opuntia dillenii.

A combined electrocoagulation-sorption process applied to mixed industrial wastewater.

Effect of hyaluronic acid and polysaccharides from Opuntia ficus indica (L.) cladodes on the metabolism of human chondrocyte cultures.

Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill. mucilages show cytoprotective effect on gastric mucosa in rat.

Seed anatomy and water uptake in relation to seed dormancy in Opuntia tomentosa (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae).

Monitoring by liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry the impact of pH and temperature on the pigment pattern of cactus pear fruit extracts.