Table 3.

Phytochemicals, vitamins, antioxidants and total reducing power (TEAC) of the cactus pear pulp employed in the study.

	Content/100 g edible pulp
Indicaxanthin (mg)	8.51 ± 0.33
Betanin (mg)	1.05 ± 0.19
Ascorbic acid (mg)	29 ± 2
α-Tocopherol (μg)	75 ± 6
β-Carotene (μg)	1.3 ± 0.5
Glutathione (mg)	7.8 ± 0.5
Cysteine (mg)	0.67 ± 0.04
Kaempferol (μg)	2.1 ± 0.3

Note: All values are the mean ± SD of five determinations performed in triplicate on four lots of fruits.