A cactus  is any member of the succulent plant family Cactaceae.They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are also crop plants.As part of the cactus plant, the prickly pear is a fruit that is 2 to 4 inches long and shaped like an avocado.Its skin is coarse and thick, not unlike an avocados and it ranges in color from yellow or orange to magenta or red.Tubercles with small prickly spines can be found on the prickly pear's skin. This fruit's flesh,which ranges in color also from yellow to dark red, is sweet and juicy with crunchy seeds throughout.

1. Weight Loss
Cactus extract contains a substance called alcohol acid, which can inhibit the growth of fat; cactus contains triterpenoid
saponins, triterpenoids which is necessary for the body of material, and they can directly regulate body function and regulation
of secretion of lipase activity to promote rapid decomposition of excess fat, and can effectively prevent fat absorption in the
intestine, inhibit fat synthesis in the liver against deposition of cholesterol in the blood vessel wall, gradual weight loss. Not
only did not damage the strength, but nutritional supplements, increase the body's energy; malic acid is stomach and digestion,
and can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, so that played a laxative function.
2. Hypoglycemic
Prickly pear extract contains a variety of flavonoids, such as quercetin glycosides -3- grapes, with a clear hypoglycemic effect,
which can effectively improve Type II diabetes glucose metabolism
3. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory
Cactus extract powder can be against Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, which
can be inhibited effectively.

1. In pharmaceutical field, cactus extract can be used as capsules or pills.
2. In cosmetic field, prickly pear extract powder can be used as raw material.
3. Cactus extract can be used in food and beverage field.
4. In health care products and supplement field, hoodia gordonii extract powder can be used as raw material.