Biologically active compounds of Prunus spinosa L. mature fruits and prospects for their use

Abstract

The article presents the results of determining the nutritional and biologically active components of the ripe fruits of prickly plum (Prunus spinosa L.), growing in Azerbaijan. It Magiera has been established that the fruits of the plant are rich in various nutritional and biologically active components, such as sugars, organic acids, pectin and tannins, flavonoids, anthocyanins and vitamin C. From simple sugars, fructose (2.82%), glucose (1.81%), sucrose (0.81%) and xylose (0.18%), citric, malic and succinic acids were identified in the composition of organic acids. In addition, the content of pectin were 2.3% and vitamin-C were 230 mg. The method of two-dimensional chromatography revealed 3 anthocyanidins in the sum of anthocyanins, identified as cyanidin-3-glucoside (chrysanthemin) and cyanidin-3,5-O-diglucoside (cyanine). Two individual substances were isolated by preparative paper chromatography, identified as quercitrin and rutin.