Antioxidant capacity of wild-growing bilberry, elderberry, and strawberry fruits

Abstract Chemical properties ( L -ascorbic acid and total sugars content, pH, titratable acidity, dry solid content), phenolic compounds (total phenolics, tannins, flavonoids, anthocyanins, flavan-3-ols) antioxidant capacity were measured in ripe fruits of wild-growing strawberry, bilberry, elderberry from eastern Serbia. All three selected are rich sources nutraceuticals: vitamin C, sugars, different classes their extracts expressed high activity. Elderberry possess highest concentration all biomolecules.