MICROMORPHOLOGY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF OPUNTIA LITTORALIS ENGLEM. CLADODES
Galal, T., Hassan, L., Youssef, A., Abd El-Moaty, H., Gouda, H. (2017). MICROMORPHOLOGY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF OPUNTIA LITTORALIS ENGLEM. CLADODES. EKB Journal Management System, 67(1), 155-170. doi: 10.21608/ejdr.2017.5850
Tarek M. Galal; Loutfy M. Hassan; Adel Youssef; Heba Abd El-Moaty; Hanaa Gouda. "MICROMORPHOLOGY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF OPUNTIA LITTORALIS ENGLEM. CLADODES". EKB Journal Management System, 67, 1, 2017, 155-170. doi: 10.21608/ejdr.2017.5850
Galal, T., Hassan, L., Youssef, A., Abd El-Moaty, H., Gouda, H. (2017). 'MICROMORPHOLOGY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF OPUNTIA LITTORALIS ENGLEM. CLADODES', EKB Journal Management System, 67(1), pp. 155-170. doi: 10.21608/ejdr.2017.5850
Galal, T., Hassan, L., Youssef, A., Abd El-Moaty, H., Gouda, H. MICROMORPHOLOGY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF OPUNTIA LITTORALIS ENGLEM. CLADODES. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 67(1): 155-170. doi: 10.21608/ejdr.2017.5850

MICROMORPHOLOGY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF OPUNTIA LITTORALIS ENGLEM. CLADODES

Egyptian Journal of Desert Research
Article 9, Volume 67, Issue 1 - Serial Number 67, June 2017, Page 155-170  XML PDF (631.81 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejdr.2017.5850
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Authors
Tarek M. Galal1; Loutfy M. Hassan1; Adel Youssef2; Heba Abd El-Moaty2; Hanaa Gouda email 2
1Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo 11790, Egypt
2Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Desert Research Center, El-Matareya, Cairo 11753, Egypt
Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the micromorphological structure and phytochemical constituents of Opuntia littoralis stem (cladodes) growing at the western Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The cladodes were collected during the wet season (February) and dry season (September) of 2015. The size of the cladode cells differ from wet to dry season, where both composed of thin cuticle covering the epidermis, hypodermis layer, parenchyma with storage cells and scattered bicollateral vascular bundles. The stem cells facing the sun contain pheloderm layer to protect the plant. The presence of high amounts of calcium oxalate crystals was also demonstrated. Phytochemical screening of Opuntia littoralis cladodes showed that it contains many of active phytochemical constituents such as; flavonoids, tannins, carbohydrates, glycosides, terpens and coumarines.
Keywords
Opuntia litorallis; micromorphology; epidermis; hypodermis; Phytochemical constituents; Flavonoids
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