Elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.) juice as a novel functional product rich in health-promoting compounds

Abstract

The medicinal herbs of the Balkan Peninsula are highly represented in traditional medicine.

Antioxidant capacity of wild-growing bilberry, elderberry, and strawberry fruits

“…The pH of the bilberry pulp was 3.12, which was lower than the pH of strawberry (3.57) and elderberry (3.84). These results are in agreement with findings of other researchers who investigated properties of elderberry (Vujanović et al, 2020;Zhou et al, 2020) and bilberry (Bernal et al, 2014;Colak et al, 2016;Celik et al, 2018). Titratable acidity of all three investigated fruits was within the same range (1.22-1.28% citric acid) and is in good agreement with literature data (Vulić et al, 2008;Özgen et al, 2010;Colak et al, 2016;Celik et al, 2018).…”

“…Elderberry contained the highest concentration of TP (17.40 mg.GAE.g -1 FW), by strawberry (14.33 mg GAE.g'1 FW) and bilberry fruits (11.14 mg.GAE g -1 FW). The content of measured TP in our experiment was higher compared to literature data for elderberry (Özgen et al, 2010;Elez Garofulić et al, 2012;Vujanović et al, 2020;Zhou et al, 2020), strawberry (Wang & Lewers, 2007;Peñarrieta et al, 2009;Dyduch-Siemińska et al, 2015) and bilberry (Bunea et al, 2011;Milivojevic et al, 2012;Poiana et al, 2012;Bernal et al, 2014;Celik et al, 2018). Some researchers detected higher amount of TP in elderberry fruits compared to results obtained in our experiment (Tumbas et al, 2010;Colak et al, 2016).…”

“…Similar findings are reported by other authors. For elderberry, Vujanović et al (2020) reported 3.74 g of total sugars per 100 g of fruits, Elez Garofulić et al (2012) reported 6.91 g.100 g -1 , while Vulić et al (2008) measured 8.88 g.100 g -1 in their samples. In plants, L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) has several functions: as an enzyme cofactor, a radical scavenger, and a donor/acceptor in electron transport either in the plasma membrane or in the chloroplasts.…”

Potential Use of Elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.) as Natural Colorant and Antioxidant in the Food Industry. A Review

“…In any case, both anthocyanins (cyanidin 3-sambubioside and cyanidin 3-glucoside) are the two major anthocyanins in elderberry, contributing together around 85-90% of the total anthocyanins present in the fruit [18,30,47,48]. Data obtained from published studies [6,14,17,22,26,[28][29][30]32,33,47,48].…”

“…It has been used as a medicinal plant in folk medicine for several centuries since anthocyanins are known phytochemicals with human health benefits [16]. Elderberries have been used to treat flu and to stimulate the immune system [15,21,22]. In addition, these berries have significant antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anticonvulsant, antidiabetic, hypocholesterolemic, and antiviral effects and have shown immunomodulatory and antidepressant activity [14,15,[23][24][25].…”