<i>Aronia melanocarpa</i> Fruit and Leaves Hot-Assisted Ethanolic Extracts Antioxidant Activity

Abstract

Aronia melanocarpa L. fruit (common black chokeberry) is one of the most abundant sources of antioxidant compounds in the plant world, superior to all edible fruits; chokeberry fruits contain up to 100 g total phenols per kg fresh material, predominantly (−)epicatechin, cyanidin-3-glycosides and procyanidins (60%), added to quercetin and caffeoyl quinic acid derivates.

Keywords

• Aronia melanocarpa L.
• hot-assisted ethanolic extracts
• antioxidant activity