The results of Hippophae Rhamnoides L fruit processing technology / Монголын эм зүй, эм судлал

ABSTRACT

Introduction@#Sea buckthorn (<i>Hippophae rhamnoides</i> L.) is a hardy deciduous shrub of family <i>Elaeagnaceae.</i> In traditional medicine, “Sea buckthorn-5” powder medicine and sea buckthorn extract for the treatment of lung diseases,“Sea buckthorn-11” and “Sea buckthorn-17”prsecriptions are used to treat gynecological diseases. Sea buckthorn fruit takes a lot of time to dry and prepare in the traditional way, and a small amount of raw material is obtained. Therefore, there is an urgent need to improve and standardize technology.@*Material and method@#The study used “Sea buckthorn fruit” raw material harvested in September 2020 from the Botanical garden of medicinal plants of the Drug research institute and sea buckthorn dry extract purchased from China.Four types of samples were used as Dry fruit of sea buck- thorn (Sample 1), Sea buckthorn seeds (Sample 2), Natural dried sea buckthorn fruit (Sample 3), and sea buckthorn dry extract purchased from China (Sample 4).In each of these four samples, the total carotenoid was measured at 450 nm, the flavonoid at 500 nm, and the phenolic compound at 750 nm using a spectrophotometer.@*Result@#The results show that Sample 1 contains the highest amount of carotenoids 56.29 ± 0.05%, Sample 2 contains the highest amount of flavonoids 32.19 ± 0.05%, and total phenolic compounds 41.67 ± 0.02%.@*Conclusion@#Dry fruit of sea buckthorn (Sample 1) has the highest content of carotenoids, sea buckthorn seeds (Sample 2)have the highest total flavonoids and total phenolic compounds, which is approximately to the content of natural sea buckthorn fruit.