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BERRIES OF SIX SPECIES OF GOOSEBERRY (RIBES L.) AS A SOURCE OF FUNCTIONAL
INGREDIENTS
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Olga Shelepova , Olga Volkova , Viktor Deineka
1 N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation;
E-mail.: shelepova-olga@mail.ru
2 Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod, Russian Federation
In recent years, scientists' attention has been drawn to comprehensive plant research to
identify new highly effective sources of nutrients and vitamins. It is known that the human body
is not capable of the necessary complex of antioxidants, therefore, a significant part of them
must come from food rich in antioxidant compounds. Natural antioxidants include a variety of
fruit and berry plants, in particular gooseberries. Gooseberry (Ribes L.) belongs to the family
Grossulariacea and is one of the most widespread shrubs in the world. The gooseberry culture
appeared in Europe in France in the middle of the 15 century, since the end of the 16 century,
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gooseberry has become the most favorite fruit crop in England. In Germany, interest in this
berry increased markedly at the end of the 18 century. In our country, gooseberries began to
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grow already at the beginning of the 16 century, and our ancestors called it "kryzh", "bersen"
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or "agryz". Gooseberry berries are in deserved demand, as they have therapeutic, prophylactic,
and dietary properties. According to the recommendations of the Nutrition Institute of the
Academy of Medical Sciences, the annual consumption rate of these berries should be at least
1.7 kg. Fruits Gooseberries contain a complex of important biologically active substances. The
main food nutrients in fruits are digestible carbohydrates, indigestible carbohydrates are
pectins and fiber. Gooseberry fruits are rich in almost all vitamins; P-active capillary-
strengthening substances (anthocyanins) also accumulate. Anthocyanins, a member of the
flavonoid group, are widespread in fruits and berries. They endow plants with vital biological
functions, with the recent interest in anthocyanins in fruits and vegetables focusing on their
antioxidant capacity and potential health benefits such as reducing the risk of cancer,
cardiovascular disease, improving vision, and other pathologies.
In our work, we studied six gooseberry species grown in the Main Botanical Garden RAS
(Moscow, Russia) to evaluate the best species as potential sources of bioactive compounds
(anthocyanins). Anthocyanins were characterized by HPLC-ESI-MS / MS coupled with a diode
array detector in six species of Gooseberry. In all studied species (Ribes oxyacanthoides L., R.
nivea (Lindl.) Spach, R. missouriensis (Nutt.) Coville & Britton, R. succirubra (Zbl.) Los., R.
rusticum Jancz., R. cynosbati ( L.) Mill.) cyanidin-3-glucoside and cyanidin-3-rutinoside
predominated in the complex of detected anthocyanins. The content of cyanidin-3-glucoside
was maximum in R. cynosbati and amounted to 85.7 % of the total content of anthocyanins, and
the minimum (36.7 %) in R. succirubra. The content of cyanidin-3-rutinoside was maximum in
R. oxyacanthoides (41.4 %), and minimum in R. cynosbati (<0.1). Certain types of anthocyanins
were present in significant amounts only in certain types of gooseberries. Thus, cyanidin-3-
(coumaroylglucoside) was found in the fruits of R. rusticum (20.7 %) and R. oxyacanthoides, and
R. cynosbati (11.8 and 11.1 %, respectively). Delphinidin-3-glucoside in R. nivea (19.0 %) and
R. succirubra (13.4 %).
Thus, the present study shows that gooseberry berries are a rich source of anthocyanins,
demonstrating their potential use as a dietary supplement.

Keywords: Gooseberry, berries, anthocyanins.
Acknowledgments
This work was carried out in accordance with the MBG RAS Research Project No. 118021490111-5.

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