Volatile compounds and anatomical features of Opuntia sp. cladodes

Chahdoura Hassiba; El-Ayeb-Zakhama Asma; Olfa Ayari; Manel Ben M'hadheb; Hatem El Majdoub; Guido Flamini; Safia Elbok; Lotfi Achour

doi:10.56027/JOASD.062024

Authors

Chahdoura Hassiba
El-Ayeb-Zakhama Asma
Olfa Ayari
Manel Ben M'hadheb
Hatem El Majdoub
Guido Flamini
Safia Elbok Laboratoire de Biodiversité, Biotechnologies & Changements Climatiques (LR11ES09). Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, 2092, Université Tunis El-Manar, Tunisie.
Lotfi Achour

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56027/JOASD.062024

Keywords:

Opuntia microdasys Lehm, Opuntia macrorhiza Engelm, cladodes, HS-SPME-GC/MS, Phytochemical compound, Anatomy

Abstract

The cactus pear is belongs to the Cactaceae family Opuntia. The cladodes are known as nopalitos, are frequently consumed and used in folk medicine due to their beneficial effects and phytochemical composition. Cactus in Tunisia is mostly localized in areas characterized by low quality soils and water scarcity. In this study we evaluate the amount of volatile compounds on the powder obtained from Opuntia microdasys Lehm. and macrorhiza Engelm. cladodes were investigated by HS-SPME-GC-MS and anatomical structure of cladodes was identify by light microscopy.

The most important compound found in the cladodes of O. microdasys is limonene (11.20 %), while O.macrorhiza was mainly rich in camphor (49.10 %). The highest contents of phytochemicals compounds were found in the cladode of Opuntia microdasys. Light microscopy revealed the presence of a high number of calcium oxalate crystals in fresh cladodes.

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