Abstract
Plants have always been and still on, a source of lifelines i.e., food and bioactive drugs for humans. Natural plant extracts are counted as natural antimicrobial agents and free radical scavengers and thus increasingly become important food additives. They can be added to food products in many forms viz., powder, paste, or liquid. Further food must be soft to eat and digest with safe and free from toxins. The plant extracts are safe and soft candidates as food preservatives over toxic and carcinogenic synthetic compounds due to their natural origin. The renewability of these plant extracts further compliments their use in the food industry to develop products for human well-being. In the present study, the metabolic composition of Hippophae tibetana, Hippophae rhamnoides, and Hippophae salicifolia stem and thorn extracts was studied. The extracts were tested in methanol, water, and hydroalcoholic solvent systems with High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Ascorbic acid is found to be the highest percent content followed by tocopherol and coumaric acid in Hippophae species stem and thorn extracts. The presence of coumaric acid, vitamins C and E in these extracts soars the possibility of their essential use in the food and drug industry.
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