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The Content of Bioactive Compounds in Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. Leaves as a Potential Raw Material for the Food Technology or Pharmaceutical Industry
Czernicka, M.; Sowa-Borowiec, P.; Puchalski, C.; Czerniakowski, Z.W. Content of Bioactive Compounds in Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. Leaves as a Potential Raw Material for Food Technology or Pharmaceutical Industry. Foods2024, 13, 246.
Czernicka, M.; Sowa-Borowiec, P.; Puchalski, C.; Czerniakowski, Z.W. Content of Bioactive Compounds in Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. Leaves as a Potential Raw Material for Food Technology or Pharmaceutical Industry. Foods 2024, 13, 246.
Czernicka, M.; Sowa-Borowiec, P.; Puchalski, C.; Czerniakowski, Z.W. Content of Bioactive Compounds in Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. Leaves as a Potential Raw Material for Food Technology or Pharmaceutical Industry. Foods2024, 13, 246.
Czernicka, M.; Sowa-Borowiec, P.; Puchalski, C.; Czerniakowski, Z.W. Content of Bioactive Compounds in Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. Leaves as a Potential Raw Material for Food Technology or Pharmaceutical Industry. Foods 2024, 13, 246.
Abstract
The study covered the leaves of 25 varieties of highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. Determinations were performed for phenolic acid (chlorogenic, neochlorogenic, cryptochlorogenic, 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic and 4,5-dicaffeoylquinic acids), flavonoid (catechin, rutin, isoquercetin), arbutin and hydroquinone content. The content of phenolic acids and flavonoids in the test material suggests that highbush blueberry leaves can be a potentially good material for dietary supplement production, although the relatively high arbutin content (exceeding 4% in the case of the Bonus, Chantiklee and Herbert varieties) limits this possibility to herbal medicinal products applied in case of health issues for a limited time, similar to other over-the-counter arbutin products (bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea leaves).
Keywords
plant raw material; highbush blueberry; phenolic acids; flavonoids; arbutin
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry
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