STUDY OF THE CARBOHYDRATE COMPLEX OF THE NEW PLANT COLLECTION "PHYTOFRUFOL"

This study is aimed at studying the carbohydrate complex of the new herbal collection “Fitofrufol”, which we recommend for use in medical practice for the treatment of diseases associated with fluid retention in the body. It has been ascertained that the alcohol-soluble sugars included in the collection are represented by glucose, arabinose, ketosaccharides, fructose and fructo-oligosaccharides. Using the method of selective extraction from raw materials, individual components of the polysaccharide complex were isolated – water-soluble polysaccharides, pectin substances and hemicelluloses with a yield of 8.5, 3.8 and 0.2% respectively. From the above data it follows that the dominant component of the “Fitofrufol” polysaccharide complex is water-soluble polysaccharides. Using gas chromatography, the monosaccharide composition of the isolated polysaccharides was ascertained; it was shown that for water-soluble polysaccharides it includes galactose, glucose and rhamnose, for pectic substances – uronic acids, xylose, arabinose, galactose, rhamnose and glucose, and for hemicelluloses – uronic acids, galactose, arabinose, rhamnose xylose and glucose. The IR spectra and titrimetric indicators of the isolated polysaccharides were also studied. The data obtained will allow us to expand information about the chemical composition of the plant collection and consider issues related to its use in medical practice.