Composition and Maintenance of Free Amino Acids in Fruits of Some Medicinal Fruit and Berry Plants

The qualitative composition and quantitative maintenance of free amino acids of fruits of the Crataegus pentagyna, Rosa canina, Rubus caesius, Sorbus aucuparia, Malus orientalis, Prunus spinosa, Ribes nigrum, Viburnum opilus, Cerasus avium, Hippophae rhamnoides, Berberis orientalis species growing in Azerbaijan has been investigated for the first time. It is established that in content of free amino acids depending on species type there are 15-17 amino acids, from them 7 are essential. In fruits of the studied species the maintenance of free amino acids ranges from 60.02 to 153.08 mg%. The greatest quantity of amino acids accumulates in fruits of guilder-rose, seabuckthorn, currant, blackberry and hawthorn. The basic parts of the sum of free amino acids include amino acids which have positive pharmacological effect on cardiovascular and nervous systems (methionine, glutamine, glutamic and aspartic acids). The high maintenance of free amino acids in fruits of sea-buckthorn, guilder-rose, currant, cherry and blackberry in comparison with others analyzed species allows to consider their as perspective sources for reception of complex preparations with cardiovascular and psychoneurological effects.