Extraction and Physicochemical Characterization of Mucilage from Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Miller

Table 2

Mucilage yields from O. cochenillifera obtained via thermal extraction.

Experiment number	Yield	Yield
	(%)	(%)
1	21.7	27.4
2	23.8	29.0
3	23.3	24.0
4	22.1	13.2
5	23.6	21.1
6	24.6	19.6
7	22.1	33.0
8	22.3	27.2
9	21.9	24.1
10	21.8	20.5
11	22.4	21.1

Fresh cladodes.
Dried cladodes.