Antioxidant capacity of wild-growing bilberry, elderberry, and strawberry fruits

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Authors: Radenka Kolarov, Marijana Peić Tukuljac, Aliaksandr Kolbas, Natalia Kolbas, Goran Barać, Vladislav Ognjanov, Mirjana Ljubojević and Dejan Prvulović

Volume/Issue: Volume 24: Issue 2

Published online: 02 Dec 2021

Pages: 119 - 126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2021-0033


Abstract

Chemical properties (L-ascorbic acid and total sugars content, pH, titratable acidity, and dry solid content), phenolic compounds (total phenolics, tannins, flavonoids, anthocyanins, and flavan-3-ols) and antioxidant capacity were measured in ripe fruits of wild-growing strawberry, bilberry, and elderberry from eastern Serbia. All three selected fruits are rich sources of nutraceuticals: vitamin C, sugars, and different classes of phenolic compounds and their extracts expressed high antioxidant activity. Elderberry fruits possess highest concentration of all measured biomolecules.


Keywords: antioxidant activity, berry, fruits, phenolic compounds

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