OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) Mill. (Cactaceae) "Indian Fig" ALANINE Bud 7,180 ppm; Seed 8,480 ppm ARABINOSE Gum ARGININE Bud 4,955 ppm; Seed 27,100 ppm ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 65 - 1,690 ppm ASH Bud 235,000 ppm; Fruit 3,000 - 27,000 ppm; Seed 31,700 - 241,000 ppm ASPARTIC-ACID Bud 8,315 ppm; Seed 15,900 ppm BETA-CAROTENE Bud 0.3 ppm; Fruit 0.08 - 0.09 ppm BETA-SITOSTEROL Flower BETANIN Fruit CALCIUM Fruit 180 - 3,065 ppm CALCIUM-OXALATE Fruit CARBOHYDRATES Bud 118,600 ppm; Fruit 56,000 - 892,000 ppm; Seed 482,000 - 558,000 ppm CELLULOSE Fruit 13,000 ppm CITRIC-ACID Fruit 475 - 4,560 ppm COPPER Seed 3.4 ppm CYSTEINE Seed 5,740 ppm DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID Fruit Juice 30 ppm FAT Bud 24,800 ppm; Fruit 4,000 - 29,400 ppm; Seed 54,000 - 182,000 ppm FIBER Bud 89,400 ppm; Fruit 11,000 - 59,000 ppm; Seed 111,000 - 524,000 ppm FRUCTOSE Fruit 4,500 - 44,100 ppm GALACTOSE Gum GALACTURONIC-ACID Stem GLUCOSE Fruit 50 - 480 ppm GLUTAMIC-ACID Bud 16,000 ppm; Seed 37,500 ppm GLYCINE Bud 4,745 ppm; Seed 14,200 ppm HISTAMINE Bud 2,555 ppm; Seed 4,550 ppm INDICAXANTHIN Fruit IRON Fruit 12 - 65 ppm; Seed 100 ppm ISOBETANIN Fruit ISOLEUCINE Bud 4,140 ppm; Seed 6,775 ppm ISORHAMNETIN-GLUCOSIDE Flower KAEMPFEROL Flower KILOCALORIES Bud 1,140 /kg; Fruit 670 - 3,600 /kg LEUCINE Seed 7,040 ppm; Seed 12,800 ppm LINOLEIC-ACID Seed 39,640 - 133,590 ppm LINOLEOYLDIOLEIN Seed LUTEOLIN Flower LYSINE Bud 6,005 ppm; Seed 6,275 ppm MAGNESIUM Bud 1,420 ppm; Seed 790 ppm MALIC-ACID Fruit 180 - 1,700 ppm METHIONINE Bud 1,890 ppm; Seed 4,830 ppm NEOBETANIN Plant NIACIN Bud 4.6 ppm; Fruit 3 - 27 ppm OLEIC-ACID Seed 4,750 - 16,015 ppm OPUNTIAXANTHIN Fruit PALMITIC-ACID Seed 6,480 - 21,840 ppm PALMITOYLDILINOLEIN Seed PECTIN Fruit PENDULETIN Flower PHENYLALANINE Bud 4,250 ppm; Seed 8,255 ppm PHOSPHORUS Bud 243 ppm; Fruit 320 - 1,985 ppm; Seed 1,605 ppm PISCIDIC-ACID Plant PISCIDIC-ACID-DIETHYLETHER Flower PISCIDIC-ACID-METHYLESTER Flower PISCIDIC-ACID-MONOETHYLETHER Flower POTASSIUM Bud 2,600 ppm; Fruit 700 - 6,615 ppm; Seed 1,720 ppm PROLINE Bud 3,995 ppm; Seed 10,500 ppm PROTEIN Bud 110,300 ppm; Fruit 11,000 - 73,500 ppm; Seed 121,000 - 175,300 ppm QUERCITRIN Flower QUINIC-ACID Fruit 150 - 1,400 ppm RHAMNOSE Gum RIBOFLAVIN Bud 0.6 ppm; Fruit 0.2 - 2.2 ppm RUTIN Flower SERINE Bud 3,830 ppm; Seed 7,665 ppm SHIKIMIC-ACID Fruit 25 - 220 ppm SODIUM Bud 90 ppm; Seed 714 ppm STEARIC-ACID Seed 3,130 - 10,555 ppm SUCROSE Fruit SUGARS Fruit 56,000 - 560,000 ppm THIAMIN Bud 0.1 ppm; Fruit 0.1 - 1.3 ppm THREONINE Bud 3,845 ppm; Seed 7,330 ppm TOCOPHEROL Bud 2.5 ppm TRYPTOPHAN Seed 1,665 ppm TYROSINE Bud 3,220 ppm; Seed 6,590 ppm URONIC-ACID Gum VALINE Bud 5,485 ppm; Seed 10,500 ppm VIT-D0.07 Bud WATER Bud 952,600 ppm; Fruit 814,000 - 86,400 ppm; Seed 53,000 - 136,000 ppm XYLOSE Gum ZINC Seed 15 ppm --------------------------------------------------- ppm = parts per million tr = trace