Physico-chemical characterization and pharmacological activities of polysaccharides from Opuntia microdasys var. rufida cladodes

• Published in: International journal of biological macromolecules Vol. 107; no. Pt A; pp. 1330 - 1338
• Main Authors: Jouini, Meriem, Abdelhamid, Amal, Chaouch, Mohamed Aymen, le Cerf, Didier, Bouraoui, Abderrahman, Majdoub, Hatem, Ben Jannet, Hichem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2018; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Carrageenan - toxicity; Chemical Sciences; Chromatography, Gas; Edema - chemically induced; Edema - drug therapy; Edema - pathology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Mass Spectrometry; Material chemistry; Mice; Opuntia - chemistry; Pain - chemically induced; Pain - drug therapy; Pain - pathology; Pectin; Pectins - administration & dosage; Pectins - chemistry; Pharmacological activities; Polymers; Polysaccharides - administration & dosage; Polysaccharides - chemistry; Rats; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; var; Xylenes - toxicity; Pharmacological activities; var; Pectin

•Extraction of two polysaccharide fractions from peel and pulp of Opuntia microdasys var. rufida cladodes.•Physico-chemical characterization of the extracted pectin.•The assessment of in vivo anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive and gastroprotective effects. The aim of this study is to isolate pectin...