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. 2021 May 3;9(6):2968-2984.
doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2256. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Ribes himalense as potential source of natural bioactive compounds: Nutritional, phytochemical, and antioxidant properties

Qing Sun  1   2 , Na Wang  1   2 , Wenhua Xu  1 , Huakun Zhou  1   3
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Ribes himalense as potential source of natural bioactive compounds: Nutritional, phytochemical, and antioxidant properties

Qing Sun et al. Food Sci Nutr. .

Abstract

Ribes himalense Royle ex Decne. (family Saxifraaceae, subfamily Grossulariaceae, genus Ribes) is a wild berry fruit with illustrated health-promoting features, which widely distributed in Northwest China are deficiently exploited. This study aimed to assess the potential of a Ribes himalense as a source of natural bioactive compounds through characterizing its nutraceutical characteristics, phytochemicals properties, and antioxidant ability. Fresh berries were quantitatively analyzed for proximate composition, minerals, vitamins, amino acids, total polyphenols, total flavonoids, anthocyanins, procyanidin, and polysaccharides contents through China National Food Safety Standard; the characterization and identification of extracts of wild berries obtained with ethanol 30%, ethanol 50%, and ethanol 95% were firstly performed by UPLC-Triple-TOF-MS2. Furthermore, antioxidant activity of the ethanol extract was evaluated via different assay methods such as DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP. The results indicated that the most important bioactive composition was procyanidin (0.72%), polyphenols (0.49%), total flavonoids (0.38%), vitamin C (64.6 mg/100g FW), and K (218.44 mg/100 g FW), and a total of 95 compounds were detected with polyphenols, flavonoids, and proanthocyanidins as the dominant, and also ethanol extract possessed stronger antioxidant activity. These results suggested that Ribes himalense fruit has great potential in protecting human health, with the focus on the development of functional products.

Keywords: Ribes himalense; antioxidant activity; chemical composition; nutritional value; small berry.

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The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article.

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DPPH radical scavenging capability, ABTS radical scavenging ability, and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) of the three different ethanol extract samples from R. himalense fruits
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