Abstract
CHEMICAL CONTENT OF SOME REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GENUS RIBES (RIBES L.)
Ketevan Memarne*, Aleko Kalandia and Tamar Kacharava
ABSTRACT
The article overviews the results of studying the biological characteristics and chemical content of cliff Ribes (Ribes Bibersteinii Berl. ex DC.) and mountain Ribes (Ribes alpinum L.) growing wild in Ajara highlands and gaining high-quality raw materials and production. Based on studying simple carbohydrates in the fruits of research species, fructose and lactose appeared dominants and their contents were quantitatively determined. Glucose is dominant in mountain Ribes, while cliff Ribes contain more fructose; After studying organic acids in fruits, citric acids and malic acids were identified. The amount of citric acid is almost twice more than malic acid in the studied samples; the Amount of common phenols and common flavonoids, total anthocyanins in the fruits of research species were determined; antioxidant activities. Their fruits significant amount of anthocyanins. Wild-growing genus Ribes L.: Ribes bibersteinii Berl. ex DC. and Ribes alpinum L. (mountain Ribes) recognized as edible and suitable for processing are appreciated for their high content of bioactive compounds rising their medicinal properties.
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