Introduction: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) has been a serious public health problem in the developing countries especially in Africa, mostly in pre-school age children and in pregnant and lactating mothers. This has for a long time been solved in addition to modern medicines by using locally available dark green leafy vegetables (DGLVs), which are believed to also contain high levels of ?-carotene(BC). Unfortunately, they are seasonal and they require a lot of water for their growth which is a problem in semi-arid regions. Red cactus (Opuntia-ficus indica) contains ascorbic acid, biothiols and carotenoids. This fruit which is really underutilized is believed to contain phytochemicals (antioxid
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