Comparative analysis of the chemical composition of  Heliantus tuberosus L. growing in Serbia and Romania

Ana Radovanovic; Snezana Cupara; Marina Tomovic; Viorica Tamas; Gabriel Ivopol; Demetra Simion; Carmen Gaidau; Slobodan Jankovic

doi:10.5937/sjecr14-3840

Ana Radovanovic Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac
Snezana Cupara Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac
Marina Tomovic
Viorica Tamas S.C. Hofigal Export – Import S.A., Bucharest, Romania
Gabriel Ivopol S.C. Hofigal Export – Import S.A., Bucharest, Romania
Demetra Simion National Institute For Textile & Leather - INCDTP Bucharest, Romania
Carmen Gaidau National Institute For Textile & Leather - INCDTP Bucharest, Romania
Slobodan Jankovic Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/sjecr14-3840

Abstract

Helianthus tuberosus L. (Jerusalem artichoke) belongs to the Asteraceae family, genus Heliathus. The plant is growing in Serbia and Romania, as native species. The most valuable constituent is inulin, which together with other constituents forms unique content of such plant material. Inulin has effect on reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases; it acts beneficially in different gastrointestinal conditions possessing a prebiotic role, which showed to be important in prevention and/or alleviation of the osteoporosis progress. The aim of this study was comparison of the chemical composition of Heliantus tuberosus L. tubers growing at two different geographic area on Balcan peninsula, namely in Serbia and in Romania. We have determined content of eight main components in both herbal samples: total proteins, flavonoids, polyphenolic carboxylic acids, reducing sugars, total carbohydrates, antioxidant, inulin and ascorbic acid and calculated a caloric value of heral samples. The level of all investigated compounds, except of the total carbohydrates and antioxidant, was slightly higher in the plant growing in Romania than in the plant growing in Serbia. Since the differences in the content of both materials are very small, we propose that both materials could be considered as suitable raw plant material for further processing. The caloric value of plant growing in Serbia was found to be slightly higher than caloric value of the one growing in Romania. The both herbal samples are good source of inulin and represents valuable raw plant material for further processing.

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