Research Article
Extraction and Physicochemical Characterization of Mucilage from Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Miller
Table 5
Phytochemical analysis of O. cochenillifera mucilage.
| | Metabolite | Test | Mucilage |
| | Alkaloids | Meyer | (+) | | Dragendorff | (+) | | Wagner | (+) |
| | Saponins | Rosenthaler | (−) |
| | Tannins | FeCl3 | (−) |
| | Terpenes/steroids | Salkowski | (+) |
| | Flavonoids | Reaction with NaOH | (−) | | Shinoda | (−) |
| | 5-hydroxy flavones | Dimroth | (−) |
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