Author/Authors :
Bouzoubaa, Z. INRA-CRRA-Agadir-Morocco (Centre Régional de la Recherche Agronomique d’Agadir) - UR Ressources Naturelles et Produits de Terroirs - Laboratoires d’Agrophysiologie et Physiologie de Poste re´colte, Morocco , Essoukrati, Y. Universite´ Ibn-Zohr - Faculte´ des Sciences - Laboratoires de Biotechnologie Ve´ge´tale, Morocco , Tahrouch, S. Universite´ Ibn-Zohr - Faculte´ des Sciences - Laboratoires de Biotechnologie Ve´ge´tale, Morocco , Hatimi, A. Universite´ Ibn-Zohr - Faculte´ des Sciences - Laboratoires de Biotechnologie Ve´ge´tale, Morocco , Gharby, S. Universite´ Ibn-Zohr - Faculte´ des Sciences - Laboratoires de Biotechnologie Ve´ge´tale, Morocco , Harhar, H. Universite´ Mohammed V-Agdal - Faculte´ des Sciences - Laboratoire de Chimie des Plantes et de Synthe`se Organique et Bioorganique, Morocco
Abstract :
This work concerns the phytochemical study of the prickly pear pulp’s fruits of two opuntia cultivars; Achefri and Amouslem widely present in two regions of southern Morocco; Arbaa Sahel and Asgherkis that are different in their altitude and annual rainfall. The results of the phytochemical study show that the levels of antioxidants have a non-significant difference between the fruits of the two sites (comparing Amouslem and Achefri in the same site, on the one hand, for the differences due to the variety or cultivar, on the other hand between Amouslem and Achefri from the two sites to show the site effect).
Keywords :
Opuntia ficus indica , Phytochemical characterization , Southern Morocco , Antioxidants , Polyphenols
