Opuntia 879 claims

genus · family Cactaceae · green plant · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

Common name: prickly-pears — Also written in claims: prickly pears · Nopalea · cactus pear · arborescent nopales · prickly pear cactus · prickly-pears — NCBI synonyms: Nopalea

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Opuntia
Opuntia · picture of the genus (one of its species)JMK · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Metabolomic profiling of the cladode extracts found a predominance of phenolic acids and flavonoids.

Taxon
OpuntiaOpuntiat0
Outcome
a predominance of phenolic acids and flavonoidse3

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t0

“Opuntia Species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 123–138
e3

“Metabolomic analysis revealed a predominance of phenolic acids and flavonoids, with piscidic acid as a major constituent, along with isorhamnetin derivatives and organic acids”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1230–1405

Title

Antioxidant Potential, Genotoxic Safety, and Metabolomic Profiling of Cladode Extracts from Dactylopius opuntiae-Resistant Opuntia Species

Abderrahmane Hadini; Mounsef Neffa; Sanae Baddaoui; et al. Antioxidants 2026. doi:10.3390/antiox15040416

Other claims from this paper (8)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Piscidic acid was a major constituent of the cladode extracts.

Taxon
OpuntiaOpuntiat0
Outcome
piscidic acid as a major constituente3

Verbatim

t0

“Opuntia Species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 123–138
e3

“Metabolomic analysis revealed a predominance of phenolic acids and flavonoids, with piscidic acid as a major constituent, along with isorhamnetin derivatives and organic acids”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1230–1405

Title

Antioxidant Potential, Genotoxic Safety, and Metabolomic Profiling of Cladode Extracts from Dactylopius opuntiae-Resistant Opuntia Species

Abderrahmane Hadini; Mounsef Neffa; Sanae Baddaoui; et al. Antioxidants 2026. doi:10.3390/antiox15040416

Other claims from this paper (8)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Isorhamnetin derivatives and organic acids were also detected in the cladode extracts.

Taxon
OpuntiaOpuntiat0
Outcome
isorhamnetin derivatives and organic acidse3

Verbatim

t0

“Opuntia Species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 123–138
e3

“Metabolomic analysis revealed a predominance of phenolic acids and flavonoids, with piscidic acid as a major constituent, along with isorhamnetin derivatives and organic acids”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1230–1405

Title

Antioxidant Potential, Genotoxic Safety, and Metabolomic Profiling of Cladode Extracts from Dactylopius opuntiae-Resistant Opuntia Species

Abderrahmane Hadini; Mounsef Neffa; Sanae Baddaoui; et al. Antioxidants 2026. doi:10.3390/antiox15040416

Other claims from this paper (8)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

None of the cladode extracts induced genotoxic effects in the comet assay compared with the negative control.

Taxon
OpuntiaOpuntiat0
Treatment
extractse4
Outcome
genotoxic effectse4
Direction
none of the extracts inducede4
Comparator
negative controle4

Verbatim

t0

“Opuntia Species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 123–138
e4

“Importantly, none of the extracts induced genotoxic effects compared to the negative control, while all differed significantly from the oxidative damage induced by hydrogen peroxide”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1407–1588

Title

Antioxidant Potential, Genotoxic Safety, and Metabolomic Profiling of Cladode Extracts from Dactylopius opuntiae-Resistant Opuntia Species

Abderrahmane Hadini; Mounsef Neffa; Sanae Baddaoui; et al. Antioxidants 2026. doi:10.3390/antiox15040416

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

The cladode extracts differed significantly from the oxidative damage induced by hydrogen peroxide.

Taxon
OpuntiaOpuntiat0
Treatment
extractse4
Outcome
oxidative damagee4
Direction
differede4
Comparator
hydrogen peroxidee4

Verbatim

t0

“Opuntia Species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 123–138
e4

“Importantly, none of the extracts induced genotoxic effects compared to the negative control, while all differed significantly from the oxidative damage induced by hydrogen peroxide”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1407–1588

Title

Antioxidant Potential, Genotoxic Safety, and Metabolomic Profiling of Cladode Extracts from Dactylopius opuntiae-Resistant Opuntia Species

Abderrahmane Hadini; Mounsef Neffa; Sanae Baddaoui; et al. Antioxidants 2026. doi:10.3390/antiox15040416

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Alternaria alternata, Alternaria tenuissima and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides were isolated from symptomatic cactus pear cladodes.

Taxon
Opuntia spp.Opuntiae1
Organ / stage
symptomatic cladodese2
Interactor
Alternaria alternataAlternaria alternatae2pathogen
Outcome
fungal agentse2
Qualifier
Alternaria tenuissima, Colletotrichum gloeosporioidese2

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e1

“The cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) is a crop of major economic and ecological importance in arid and semi-arid regions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–114
e2

“The study enabled the isolation and identification of several fungal agents from symptomatic cladodes, namely Alternaria alternata, Alternaria tenuissima, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, and Aspergillus tubingensis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 457–671

Title

Identification and Biological Control of Fungal Pathogens Associated with Cactus Pear Diseases in Morocco

Asmae Azzouzi; Oumaima El Ayssaly; Mohammed Baala; et al. Plants 2026. doi:10.3390/plants15050733

Other claims from this paper (10)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Aspergillus tubingensis was isolated from symptomatic cactus pear cladodes.

Taxon
Opuntia spp.Opuntiae1
Organ / stage
symptomatic cladodese2
Interactor
Aspergillus tubingensisAspergillus tubingensise2pathogen
Outcome
fungal agentse2

Verbatim

e1

“The cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) is a crop of major economic and ecological importance in arid and semi-arid regions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–114
e2

“The study enabled the isolation and identification of several fungal agents from symptomatic cladodes, namely Alternaria alternata, Alternaria tenuissima, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, and Aspergillus tubingensis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 457–671

Title

Identification and Biological Control of Fungal Pathogens Associated with Cactus Pear Diseases in Morocco

Asmae Azzouzi; Oumaima El Ayssaly; Mohammed Baala; et al. Plants 2026. doi:10.3390/plants15050733

Other claims from this paper (10)
Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Alternaria alternata was the most aggressive of the isolated pathogens and was selected for antagonism assays.

Taxon
Opuntia spp.Opuntiae1
Interactor
A. alternataAlternaria alternatae3pathogen
Outcome
aggressivee3
Direction
most aggressivee3
Comparator
these pathogense3

Verbatim

e1

“The cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) is a crop of major economic and ecological importance in arid and semi-arid regions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–114
e3

“Among these pathogens, A. alternata proved to be the most aggressive and was therefore selected for in vitro and in vivo antagonism assays”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 673–811

Title

Identification and Biological Control of Fungal Pathogens Associated with Cactus Pear Diseases in Morocco

Asmae Azzouzi; Oumaima El Ayssaly; Mohammed Baala; et al. Plants 2026. doi:10.3390/plants15050733

Other claims from this paper (10)
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

All antagonists showed significant inhibitory effects against Alternaria alternata in vitro.

Taxon
Opuntia spp.Opuntiae1
Treatment
antagonistse4
Interactor
A. alternataAlternaria alternatae4pathogen
Outcome
inhibitory effects against A. alternatae4
Direction
inhibitorye4
Setting
in vitroe4

Not reportedComparator

Verbatim

e1

“The cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) is a crop of major economic and ecological importance in arid and semi-arid regions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–114
e4

“All antagonists showed significant inhibitory effects against A. alternata in vitro preliminary assay”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 984–1085

Title

Identification and Biological Control of Fungal Pathogens Associated with Cactus Pear Diseases in Morocco

Asmae Azzouzi; Oumaima El Ayssaly; Mohammed Baala; et al. Plants 2026. doi:10.3390/plants15050733

Other claims from this paper (10)
Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Bacterial isolates B. siamensis, B. halotolerans and P. peli, and Trichoderma harzianum, showed the highest antagonist efficacy.

Taxon
Opuntia spp.Opuntiae1
Treatment
bacterial isolatese5
Interactor
B. siamensis, B. halotolerans, and P. peliBacillus halotoleransPseudomonas peliBacillus siamensise5biocontrol_agent
Outcome
efficacye5
Direction
higheste5
Qualifier
as well as T. harzianume5

Verbatim

e1

“The cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) is a crop of major economic and ecological importance in arid and semi-arid regions”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–114
e5

“However, the bacterial isolates B. siamensis, B. halotolerans, and P. peli, as well as T. harzianum, exhibited the highest efficacy”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1087–1218

Title

Identification and Biological Control of Fungal Pathogens Associated with Cactus Pear Diseases in Morocco

Asmae Azzouzi; Oumaima El Ayssaly; Mohammed Baala; et al. Plants 2026. doi:10.3390/plants15050733

Other claims from this paper (10)