Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Cladode and fruit
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Infusion of young cladodes hastens suppuration of boils, allays heat and inflammation
- Juice of cladodes is used to treat earache
- Inner edible parts of the fruit act as a coolant useful for gonorrhoea, beneficial for heart ailments
- Fruit juice is taken for whooping cough and promotes expectoration
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Sterols: opuntisterol and opuntisteroside, β-sitosterol, 7-oxositosterol, 6β-hydroxystigmast-4-ene-3-one, daucosterol, methyl eucomate and eucomic acid, pyrone drivative and glycosides: opuntiol, opuntioside II-III, terpenes: taraxerol, friedelin from plant
Bioactivity :
Plant polysaccharides: hypoglycaemic; hypolipidaemic, antioxidative, enhances specific immunity; alcohol extract of flowers: anti-inflammatory, analgaesic; methanol extract of seeds; antioxidative; methanol extract of plant: antifertility activity; aqueous ethanol extract of cladodes: anti-inflammatory
Clinical:
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