BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF PUNY FRUITS RELATED TO THEIR ANTIRADICAL ACTIVITY

Abstract

All analysed species of puny fruits (red currant (Ribes rubrum L) variant Jonkheervan Tets, white currant (Ribes vulgare L.) variant Blanka, black currant (Ribesnigrum L.) variant Eva, blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilis) variant Berkeley, elderberry(Sambucus nigra L.) variant Sambo, hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha), mulberry(Morus nigra L.) genotypes M152 and M047) are natural sources of anthocyanpigments and vitamin C with a high antiradical activity. Due to the fact that thehighest antiradical activity is not accompanied by the highest content of anthocyansand vitamin C in puny fruits, we suppose that the antiradical activity of plantmaterials is also connected with the presence of other compounds with antioxidantand antiradical activity. From our results follows that all studied puny fruits with ahigh antiradical activity increase the antioxidant value of human nutrition and alsoits prophylactic and medicinal effect