Allium ursinum L. (A. ursinum, family Amaryllidaceae), better known under the name of wild garlic, ramson or bearís garlic is a perennial herbaceous plant. It naturally grows in fens and marshes of Europe and Asia (1-3). Increasingly, popular in European kitchen A. ursinum can be used as a salad, spice or vegetable since all parts of the plant are edible. Throughout history leaves, bulbs and the aerial part of this plant species have been used in traditional medicine as therapeutic and prophylactic agents (4-6). Numerous biologically active compounds enable this plant species to be implemented in the healing of various conditions for years. The most common are sulfur compounds which are considered to largely contribute to the pharmacological activity and from which originates a characteristic smell and taste (7). In addition to a significant presence of phenols, flavonoids, there are in a lesser extent other steroidal glycosides, amino acids, fatty acids, lecithin, essential oil (4, 8, 9). The aforementioned bioactive compounds can be exploited and used in the form of various extracts. Experimental investigations indicate the efficiency of the application A. ursinum in prevention and treatment of many diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, obesity, diabetes, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, elevated cholesterol level, as well as the inflammatory diseases (10-14). Itís been known that the applied extraction method and extraction solvent may substantially affect the quality and concentration of targeted com
Helianthus tuberosus L. (Jerusalem artichoke) belongs to the Asteraceae family, genus Heliathus, and is a native species of Serbia and Romania. Th e most valuable constituent is inulin, which together with other constituents forms the unique content of its plant material. Inulin has the eff ect of reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases; it also has benefi cial eff ects on diff erent gastrointestinal conditions by serving as a prebiotic and has been shown to be important in the prevention and/or the alleviation of the progression of osteoporosis. Th e aim of this study was the to compare the chemical compositions of H. tuberosus L. tubers growing in two diff erent geographic areas on the Balkan peninsula, namely in Serbia and Romania. We have determined the content of the eight main components in both herbal samples: total proteins, fl avonoids, polyphenolic carboxylic acids, reducing sugars, total carbohydrates, antioxidants, inulin and ascorbic acid,. Furthermore, we calculated a caloric value off or each of the herbal samples. Th e levels of all the investigated compounds, with the exception of the total carbohydrates and antioxidants, were slightly higher in the plants growing in Romania than in the plants growing in Serbia. Because the diff erences in the contents of both plant groups are very small, we propose that both materials could be considered as a suitable raw plant material for further processing. Th e caloric value of the plants growing in Serbia was found to be slightly higher than the caloric value of the ones growing in Romania. Both herbal samples are good sources of inulin and represent valuable raw plant material for further processing.
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