Open AccessEffect of fruits of Opuntia elatior Mill on mast cell degranulation
Author(s) -
Sanjay P Chauhan,
Navin Sheth,
Bhanubhai N. Suhagia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.148779
Subject(s) - degranulation , pear , ketotifen , mast cell , chemistry , traditional medicine , biology , medicine , botany , immunology , biochemistry , receptor , asthma
The presence of potentially active nutrients and their multifunctional properties make prickly pear a perfect candidate for the production of phytopharmaceutical products. Among the numerous Opuntia species, bioactive compounds have been isolated and characterized primarily from Opuntia ficus-indica, Opuntia polycantha, Opuntia stricta, Opuntia dilleni for various medicinal properties.