Mykhailo Zhurba

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | ISP · M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden

The morphological variability of the male and female flowers of 23 date plum (Diospyros lotus L.) genotypes found together at date plum collection in Arboretum Mlynany (Slovak Republic) was investigated. The collection consists of seed-propagated genotypes, which were established in 1970 with introduced seeds from different countries. Results showe...

Phenology is a key trait of plants of all species, as it determines their season and duration of growth and reproduction, as well as their ability to capture variable resources. Understanding the phenology of Elaeagnus multiflora Thunb. a rare but promising fruit and medicinal plant of Ukraine, namely the codification of the stages of seasonal deve...

The dark-blue, fleshy berries of Lonicera caerulea L. are used as fresh or processed in many products such as juice, smoothie, wine, compote, jam, marmalade, candies, chocolate, cake, or extracts. L. caerulea fruits are appreciated in the food industry and medicine mainly due to a high content of biologically active phenolic compounds, especially a...

The DPPH assay provides an easy and rapid way to evaluate the antioxidant activity of herbal preparations. The most important stage of the elaboration of the analytical procedure of total antioxidant activity measured by the DPPH test is to select the volume of an extract or its appropriate dilution for the determination of the reliable total antio...

As a part of the ongoing interest in the nutritional and antioxidative properties of a little-known East Asian plant species, the aim of the study was to determine the contents of macronutrients and selected elements, profiles of fatty and amino acids, the content of phenolic compounds, β-carotene, vitamin A and E, and antioxidant activity of Schis...

Purpose. The objective of this study was to evaluate the morphological parameters of Lycium spp. seeds from the collections in M. M. Hryshko National Botanical Garden (NBS) NAS of Ukraine. Methods. Cultivars and varieties of three Lycium species (Lycium barbarum, L. chinense, L. truncatum) were studied in the period from 2016 till 2019. The follow...

Goji berries (Lycium L.) have been an important element of traditional Chinese medicine for centuries due to their health-promoting properties and chemical composition, and they deserve the term “superfruit”. The objective of this study was to evaluate the morphological parameters of Lycium (L. barbarum L., L. chinense Mill. and L. truncatum Y. C....

Fruits of Lycium possess therapeutic properties due to which they are used in traditional and folk medicine and can be used as a kind of functional food. The objective of this study was to evaluate the biochemical characterization of Lycium L. (L. barbarum L., L. chinense Mill. and L. truncatum Y. C. Wang) fruits for 16 cultivars and varieties from...

Goji (Lycium L.) fruit has been an important element of traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. In Asian countries, they are used as an essential component of a healthy diet, a source of many nutrients. Due to their health-promoting properties and chemical composition (phenolic acids, flavonoids, proanthocyanidins, coumarins, tannins, carotenoi...

The aim of the research is the determination of the total antioxidant activity and the content of phenolic compounds of the leaves of 12 species of non-traditional plants, namely, Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roem., Aronia mitschurinii A.K. Skvortsov & Maitul., Castanea sativa Mill., Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl., Cornus mas L.,...