Teixeira V. M. C., Oliveira A. D., Backes E., Souza C. G. M. D., Castoldi R., Sá-Nakanishi A. B. D., Bracht L., Comar J. F., Corrêa R. C. G., Leimann F. V., Bracht A., Peralta R. M., A Critical Appraisal of the Most Recent Investigations on Ora-Pro-Nobis (Pereskia sp.): Economical, Botanical, Phytochemical, Nutritional, and Ethnopharmacological Aspects, Plants, 2023, 12(22):3874, doi: 10.3390/plants12223874
The review focuses mainly on Pereskia aculeata and P. grandifolia, known as ora-pro-nobis. It brings together their food uses, composition, mucilage and factors that limit their nutritional value.