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Composition and properties of Opuntia ficus-indica mucilage
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The mucilage isolated from Opuntia is shown to contain arabinose, galactose, Galacturonic acid, rhamnose and xylose It has a uronic acid content of ca 10% and a MW of 43 × 106.About:
This article is published in Phytochemistry.The article was published on 1981-01-01. It has received 146 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mucilage & Rhamnose.read more
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A Preliminary Study on Dragon Fruit Foliage as Natural Coagulant for Water Treatment
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of dragon fruit foliage as coagulant was investigated using a standard jar test method and the optimum dosage for 100 NTU, 200 NTU and 400 NTU was found.
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Cactus Mucilage and Ferric Ions for the Removal of Arsenate (As(V)) from Water
Norma A. Alcantar,Dawn I. Fox +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Ferric ions were introduced to interact with arsenate based on the strong affinity of arsenate for ferric hydroxides, followed by mucilage addition, and the mucilage coagulated and flocculated the ferric-arsenate complex and formed visible flocs that settled at the bottom of the tubes.
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Conformation and aggregation of a polysaccharide: In solution, as transported in Golgi vesicles, and in an extracellular matrix
TL;DR: The structure of the extracellular matrix polysaccharide (ECMP) of Opuntia ficus-indica was studied by transmission and scanning transmission electron microscopy and image analysis and linear mass measurements indicate that, in solution, aggregation of the poly Saccharide chains into bundles occurs.
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Carbonation of high-calcium lime mortars containing cactus mucilage as additive: a spectroscopic approach
F.M. León-Martínez,P. F. de J. Cano-Barrita,F. Castellanos,K. B. Luna-Vicente,S. Ramírez-Arellanes,C. Gómez-Yañez +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of adding, at two different concentrations, mucilage from Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear), Acanthocereous tetragonus (fairy castle cactus), and Hyloecereus undatus (pitahaya or dragon fruit) in the accelerated carbonation of hydrated lime.
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Influence of age on molecular characteristics and rheological behavior of nopal mucilage
Francisco Rodríguez-González,José Pérez-González,Cesar Nadem Muñoz-López,Silvia Viridiana Vargas-Solano,Benjamín M. Marín-Santibáñez +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, changes in molecular characteristics of nopal mucilages with their age and its influence on the rheological behavior of their solutions were analyzed by light scattering, high performance liquid chromatography, a colorimetric method, and linear viscoelastic rheometrical measurements.
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New method for quantitative determination of uronic acids
TL;DR: A new method for determination of uronic acids with meta-hydroxydiphenyl is introduced, which is simpler, quicker, more sensitive, and more specific than other methods, and it needs lesser amounts of fluid.
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Zur Permethylierung von Zuckern und Glykosiden
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Form and function of arabinogalactans and arabinogalactan-proteins
Adrienne E. Clarke,Adrienne E. Clarke,Robin L. Anderson,Robin L. Anderson,Bruce A. Stone,Bruce A. Stone +5 more
TL;DR: The structural relationships between arabino-3,6-galactans from gymnosperm wood, gum exudates of Acacia and other trees, and from plant callus cells and whole tissues are discussed and the nature of these proteoglycans is compared with the arabinose and galactose containing cell wall glycoproteins.
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Colorimetric Determination of Pectic Substances
E. A. McComb,R. M. McCready +1 more
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Cactaceae mucilage composition
TL;DR: The chemical composition of the mucilages is consistent with a role in the storage of moisture in Cactaceae and may be used to provide a useful method of taxonomy within the family.