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Characterisation of elderberry fruits
Christovová, Silvia ; Diviš, Pavel (referee) ; Vítová, Eva (advisor)
This master's thesis deals with the characterization of elderberry fruit (Sambucus nigra L.) with emphasis on the aroma active compounds (AAC) and vitamin C (ascorbic acid (AA), dehydroascorbic acid (DHA)). The theoretical part gives a brief outlook on the chemical composition and attributes of Sambucus berries, its healing properties and the means of processing. The rest of the theoretical part thoroughly examines the AAC and vitamin C. The suitable assessment methods are also discussed. The experimental part of the work consists of two main tasks. The first one was to assess the aroma profile of Sambucus berries using the HS-SPME-GC-FID. 18 samples were examined (the wild elderberry and 17 cultivated varieties). In total, 24 different volatile aroma active compounds were identified and quantified, 12 of which belonged to alcohols, 5 to aldehydes, 4 to esters, 1 to acids and 2 “other” compounds (linalool and -damascenone). The chemical composition of the individual samples was not uniform; no single sample contained all of the identified compounds. The second task was to assess the total vitamin C content (the sum of DHA and AA) using the HPLC. For the purpose of reducing DHA to AA three reducing agents were examined (DTT, TCEP and L-cysteine) at two different pH levels (7 and 4). TCEP at pH 4 turned out to be most efficient and was subsequently applied on the samples of 5 selected elderberry varieties. The measured vitamin C content was within the range of 5,1 – 13,0 mg per 100 g of fruit.
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Assessment of rutin in elderberries
Kaňová, Kateřina ; Hrstka, Miroslav (referee) ; Vítová, Eva (advisor)
This work is focused on determination of the concentration of rutin in the fruits of elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.). The theoretical part provides an overview of the properties, occurrence and use of elderberry in natural healing, medicine and food industry. Furthermore, important substances contained in elderberry, especially flavonoids, including rutin, are mentioned. Properties, biological effects and the possibility of determination of rutin are briefly described. In the experimental part the optimization and validation of the method of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), which is used for identification and quantification of rutin in fruits of 18 elderberry species, was performed. The pressurized hot water extraction was used for the preparation and solid phase extraction (SPE) for purification of the sample. The largest amount of rutin was found in a variety of elderberry Albida, 6,70 mg per 1 g of dry matter. High concentrations of rutin included varieties Haschberg, Sambu, Pregarten, Sambo and Sampo. On the other hand, the lowest concentration was found in variety Aurea, 1,24 mg.g-1. Finally, rutin content in elderberries was compared with the content of rutin in elder leaves and branches andwith significant sources of rutin – buckwheat and rue.
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Chemical composition of berries juices from some cultivars of European elder
Šafránková, Petra ; Vespalcová, Milena (referee) ; Hrstka, Miroslav (advisor)
This thesis deals with chemical composition of the juice from selected species of elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.). The theoretical part is dedicated to botanical characteristic of elderberry including the origin and the extension. There are also mentioned the medical effects of elderberry with the description of the cultivation of this herb with the examples of particular cultivated species. In the experimental section were laid down the particular chemical parameters (yield, pH, relative density, titrable acidity, formol number, content of instant dry mass and reducing sugar) in the juice from the fruits of these cultivated species of elderberry: Albida, Allesö, Aurea, Bohatka, Dana, Heidegg 13, Haschberg, Körsör, Mammut, Pregarten, Riese aus Voßloch, Sambo, Sambu, Samdal, Sampo, Samyl a Weihenstephan. The median of the yield has been 700,0 ml/kg, the median for the pH assessment has been 4,03. The median of relative density of all species was 1,0361, the median of titrable acidity was 141,83 mmol l -1. The median of the overall content of amino acids was 30,5 ml 0,1 mol l-1 NaOH/100ml, the median of the content of the dry mass was 9,5 weight %. The median of the assessment of the reducing sugar was 5,02%.
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The assessment of aroma active compounds in elderberry juice
Lukačková, Adéla ; Divišová, Radka (referee) ; Vítová, Eva (advisor)
This work deals with the assessment of aroma active compounds in elderberry juice. In the theoretical part, the characteristic of elderberry, including species, varieties of elderberries, content compounds and use is described. The production of fruit juices and SPME-GC method, which has been chosen for assessment, is shortly summarized here. In the experimental part, identification and quantification of aroma active compounds in 11 samples with various content of elderberry juice combined with other type of fruit juice, diluted or not diluted with water, was made. The fiber CARTM/PDMS 85 µm was used for extraction of aroma compounds. 43 aromatic compounds were identified in total 5 aldehydes, 7 ketones, 18 alcohols, 5 esters and 8 fatty acids. The most of all aroma active compounds were determined in sample containing 10% of elderberry juice with 50% of apple juice and 40% of water, but some of them were not identified. The most of all compounds identified were determined in commercially acquired concentrated elderberry juice sample from Austria.
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Content of rutin in the biological waste material from plantations of elderberry
Boháčová, Hana ; Vránová, Dana (referee) ; Vespalcová, Milena (advisor)
This thesis is focused on determining the concentration of rutin in twigs elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.). The theoretical part provides an overview of the properties, occurrence and use of elderberry in folk medicine, medicine and food. Furthermore, there are the most important substances contained in elderberry, especially flavonoids, including rutin and quercetin as well. There are briefly described their properties, biological effects and possibilities of determination. The content of the experimental part of the thesis was developed cheap extraction methods to obtain the maximum yield of dried twigs rutin elderberry. Rutin content was observed in twigs cultivated elder varieties and wild elderberry. The identification and quantification of rutin in extracts was optimized and validated method of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). As a comparative method to develop extraction was used a pressurized hot water extraction (PHWE). There were tested three particle sizes of shredded twigs. The particles were extracted differently hot water varying duration. Most rutin was found in samples milled at 4 mm particles. The optimum time and temperature of extraction was 7 hours at 80°C. The highest amount of rutin in bred elderberry was determined in a sample Mladší 2014, digestion using 1,49 ± 0,004 mg.100g-1 and method PHWE 5,75 ± 0,015 mg.100g-1. There was determined the most rutin in a sample Září 2014 in the wild variant of elderberry. By digestion of ground twigs was obtained 0,90 ± 0,022 mg.100g-1 of rutin, using PHWE 2,98 ± 0,022 mg.100g-1.
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The possibility of using of elderberry fruit pomace
Ondrušová, Pavlína ; Diviš, Pavel (referee) ; Vespalcová, Milena (advisor)
This diploma thesis concerns the determination of anthocyanin pigments in the elderberry pomace (Sambucus nigra L). The theoretical part describes in general the plant specification, its chemical composition, botanical characteristics and the possibility of utilization of elderberry in food processing industry and in pharmacy. However, the main concern of this thesis are the anthocyanins. This part is closely focused on chemical structure and factors that have significant influence over their stability. There are briefly summarized the positive effects of these colourants and their use in the food industry. In the experimental part, the elderberry juice and the extracts from the rhizomes were prepared. Two different solvents, a 1: 1 water / ethanol mixture and a mixture of water and methanol in the same ratio were used as extractors. To identify and quantify the dyes in the prepared samples, a chromatographic separation system (HPLC) with a Kinetex EVO C18 column and isocratic elution of the combined mobile phases of water of acetonitrile and formic acid was developed. The analysis only took 12 minutes. Two major dyes cyanidin-3-glucoside and cyanidin-3-sambubioside were identified and quantified by HPLC. The largest amount of anthocyanins was obtained by extracting mixture methanol / water (594.6 ± 0.42 mg.100 g-1). The content of anthocyanin dyes in dry extracts and juice was also determined by the often-used pH-differential method. Both results were compared. The HPLC method provided very accurate results against the less demanding pH-differential assay method, which proved to be suitable for the indicative measurement of anthocyanin content in real samples.
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Assessment of aroma active compounds in elderberries
Bazgerová, Petra ; Ürgeová,, Eva (referee) ; Vítová, Eva (advisor)
This diploma thesis deals with the determination of aroma volatile compounds in elderberry. The theoretical part describes the botanical characteristics of elderberry, the incidence and the other known species. Further, this work is focused on the chemical composition of elderberry, there are described in detail the content substances and briefly mentioned are medicinal effects of elderberry. Another theoretical part describes the natural processing of this significant plant and technological production of fruit juices. The second half of the theoretical part deals with the method of determining aroma volatile compounds by gas chromatography in combination with SPME technique, which is suitable for identification of aroma substances. In the experimental part of this diploma thesis SPME-GC method was applied to some samples of elderberry and aroma volatile compounds of individual samples of elderberry were determined.
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The chosen validation parameters of method for assessment of aroma compounds in elderberries
Christovová, Silvia ; Ürgeová, Eva (referee) ; Vítová, Eva (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with the assessment of aroma active compounds in elderberries (Sambucus nigra L.). In the theoretical part the chemical composition and attributes of elderberries are described. Brief information on their healing properties is also given. The possible processing methods in food industry, as well as the traditional means of use at home, are discussed furthermore. Following chapters describe the gas chromatography method combined with the technique of solid-phase microextraction, utilized for the specification of aroma active compounds. The validation of this method is also included. The aim of the experimental part of the work was to verify a set of the selected validation parameters of the SPME-GC method, specifically linearity, the limits of detection (LOD), the limits of quantification (LOQ) and repeatability. Subsequently, the SPME-GC method was applied on the chosen elderberry juice samples. In total, 37 different volatile aroma active compounds were identified and quantified, 15 of which belonged to alcohols, 9 to aldehydes, 5 to ketones, 5 to esters and 2 other compounds. The chemical composition of individual samples was not uniform; no single sample contained all of the identified compounds.
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Less conventional botanical sources of cosmetic raw materials
Novotná, Petra ; Vespalcová, Milena (referee) ; Zemanová, Jana (advisor)
The aim of this bachelor’s thesis is an investigation of use of less traditional plant sources in cosmetic industry. This review is focused on black elder (Sambucus nigra), sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), quince (Cydonia oblonga), dog rose (Rosa canina), and stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). The substances Isolated from these plants can be used in various cosmetic products. The first section of this search deals with history and botanical characterization of these plants. The next section deals with significant substances contained in these plants and their use not only in cosmetic industry.
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Characterization of elder juice on the basis of some chemical parameters
Mizerovská, Lucie ; Vespalcová, Milena (referee) ; Hrstka, Miroslav (advisor)
The aim of this thesis was to determine selected chemical parameters of elderberry juice namely its wild variety and four cultivated types Albida 08, Albida 09, Dana and Haschberg. The relative density was the lowest for cultivar Albida 09 (1.0149) and the highest for the wild variety of elder from the surroundings of Padochov (1.0337). Values of pH ran within the range of 3.62 for cultivar Haschberg to 4.85 for cultivar Albida 08. The highest titrating acidity was determined by cultivar Haschberg (13.12 g l-1), the lowest content of acids was determined by cultivar Albida 08 (3.47 g l-1). The highest content of reducing sugars had cultivar Albida 08 (9.64%) together with the wild variety of elder from the surroundings of Padochov (9.47 %), the minimum amount of sugars was determined by cultivar Dana (4.79 %). The content of citric acid varied between 4.76 g l-1 by cultivar Dana and 13.48 g l-1 by cultivar Haschberg. The total amino acid content, expressed as a formole number, was the lowest in cultivar Haschberg (12.9) and the highest in the wild variety of elder from the surroundings of Padochov (59.2).
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