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Viburnum opulus – a new plant for food and pharmaceutical industry
Type of publication
Tezės kitame recenzuojamame leidinyje / Theses in other peer-reviewed publication (T1e)
Author(s)
Kraujalytė, Vilma | Kauno technologijos universitetas |
Venskutonis, Petras R. | Kauno technologijos universitetas |
Pukalskas, Audrius | Kauno technologijos universitetas |
Šarkinas, Antanas | KTU Maisto institutas |
Title
Viburnum opulus – a new plant for food and pharmaceutical industry
Is part of
The vital nature sign [elektroninis išteklius] : 8th international scientific conference : abstract book. Kaunas : Vytautas Magnus university, 2014, [no. 8]
Date Issued
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2014 |
Publisher
Kaunas : Vytautas Magnus university
Extent
p. 91-91
Field of Science
Abstract
The growing interest in natural food ingredients has been an important factor in expanding the studies of less known plant European cranberry bush Viburnum opulus L. in recent years. Analyzed fruits of V. opulus accumulated large amounts of valuable biologically active substances possessing antioxidant activities. However fruits are very complex of various phytochemicals depending on the different genotype. Antioxidant activity in vitro methods demonstrated that V. opulus var. sargentii possesses the highest antioxidant activity between all investigated cultivars. The LC-MS and on line – DPPH analyses confirmed that V. opulus var. sargentii demonstrated quite different profile then others analysed berry cultivars. The antimicrobial activities of fruit juices and ethanol extracts of V. opulus genotypes were compared in this study. These activities were tested against human pathogenic microorganisms using the agar wells diffusion method. The most effective antibacterial activity was exhibited by the fruit juices against Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella agona, and Lysteria monocytogenes, with inhibition zones of 23.6 mm, 20.7 mm, and 19.1 mm, respectively. Staphylococcus epidermidis and Micrococcus luteus displayed the highest resistance, with minimal inhibition zones of 14.2 mm and 15.0 mm, respectively. The fruit juices showed greater antibacterial activity compared to the ethanol extracts. In contrast, the growth of the yeast cultures exhibited little or no sensitivity to the fruit juices and ethanol extracts. The conclusion of this study is that V. opulus fruits are potential antibacterial and antioxidant remedies.
Type of document
type::text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Coverage Spatial
Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)