In this study, different Polish cultivars of blue-berried honeysuckles (Lonicera caerulea L.), wild and bog bilberry, were analyzed for bioactive compounds. The chemical properties verified included composition of anthocyanins and other polyphenols, antioxidant activity, and profiles of antioxidants by HPLC postcolumn derivatization or TLC. The antioxidant activities of different blue-berried honeysuckle cultivars were similar to that of wild-growing bilberries (ranging from 170 to 417 μmol TE/g dm in ABTS and from 93 to 166 μmol TE/g dm in DPPH and Folin−Ciocalteu tests). The major anthocyanin in the blue-berried honeysuckle was cyanidin-3-glucoside, which constituted 84−92% of the total anthocyanins. The TLC and HPLC postcolumn antioxidant profiles indicated that anthocyanins are the major antioxidants in all berries studied. Wild berries and the cultivars of the blue-berried honeysuckles are also a similar source of such minerals as K, Mg, and Ca.
Authors
- dr hab. inż. Barbara Kusznierewicz link open in new tab ,
- mgr inż. Anna Piekarska link open in new tab ,
- Barbara Mrugalska link open in new tab ,
- prof. dr hab. inż. Piotr Konieczka link open in new tab ,
- prof. dr hab. inż. Jacek Namieśnik link open in new tab ,
- prof. dr hab. inż. Agnieszka Bartoszek-Pączkowska link open in new tab
Additional information
- DOI
- Digital Object Identifier link open in new tab 10.1021/jf2039839
- Category
- Publikacja w czasopiśmie
- Type
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2012
