DEVELOPMENT OF SYRUP TECHNOLOGY ON THE BASIS OF RHIZOMES AND ROOTS OF LEUZEA CARTAMOIDES (RHAPONTHICUM CARTAMOIDES) AND STUDY OF ITS BIOLOGICAL EFFECT

Leuzea cartamoides or Rhaponthicum cartamoides (hereinafter referred to as "Leuzea") is a valuable plant - a source of an ecdysterone. The aim of the research was to develop the technology of the syrup on the basis of the rhizomes and the roots of Rhaponthicum cartamoides, to study its composition and biological effect. The following objects were used as research objects: the rhizomes and the roots of Leuzea, from which a thick extract was obtained, auxiliary substances for the syrup preparation (a sucrose, a sorbitol, a glycerol, a citric acid, spinach green colouring agent, preservatives a nipagin and a nipazol, a propyleneglycol). A thick extract was previously prepared from the raw material of Leuzea. The syrup technology consisted of dissolving 40.0 а sorbitol in 40 ml of the purified water at 70-80°C. Then we dissolved in the sorbitol solution thick extract of the leuzeas the raw material 0.99; а citric acid 0.1; solution 1% from the spinach green colouring agent 2.0 ml; а nipagin 0.16 and а nipazole 0.02 in 2.0 propyleneglycol; а glycerol 5.0, and added а purified water to 100 ml. The syrup was a liquid of the green-brown colour, sour-sweet taste with the odour characteristic of the leuzeas preparations, with content of the tannins - 0.307±0.014%, of the acids free organic - 0.203±0.009%, the micronutrients essential (Na, K, Ca, P, Mg, Fe, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Zn, Mn) and the micronutrients conditionally essential (B, V, Si, Cr,). Biological studies have shown that the main component of the syrup - the extract from the leuzeas the raw material is not toxic, has adatogenic, antioxidant, membrane-stabilising effect.