The Effect of Cladode Drying Techniques on the Prebiotic Potential and Molecular Characteristics of the Mucilage Extracted from <i>Opuntia ficus-indica</i> and <i>Opuntia joconostle</i>

• Main Authors: José Manuel Cruz-Rubio (Author), Monika Mueller (Author), Renate Loeppert (Author), Helmut Viernstein (Author), Werner Praznik (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: MDPI AG, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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The dry, powdered cladodes of <i>Opuntia ficus-indica</i> are often-used in over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical formulations. Gentle drying techniques, such as lyophilization and vacuum drying are compared with convection drying for the cladodes and also compared with another species o...