Characteristics of vitamin composition of medicinal plant raw materials for creating food additives with a digestive profile

There is a problem that in the middle of the 21st century, digestive system diseases caused by insufficient supply of micronutrients and low quality of food products will occupy one of the leading places among pathologies. The article formulates the role of the gastrointestinal tract as one of the most important mechanisms of the body, the consequences associated with the problems of digestive system diseases are indicated. Statistical data on the loss of consumption of individual vitamins by the population and the provision of vitamins in the Russian pharmacopoeia market are given. The results of a study of the vitamin composition of ten samples of medicinal plant raw materials (MPR) of the digestive profile are presented, the level of satisfaction of the daily need for individual MPR vitamins is calculated. It is shown that the highest content of ascorbic acid is found in fennel fruits (54.9 % of the USP), vitamin B1 is present in an amount of more than 15 % of the daily requirement in almost all the studied samples. Vitamin B2 in the greatest amount was found in spirulina 119.4 % of the USP, the maximum content of vitamin B5 was found in dandelion root (60 % of the USP), vitamin B6 is contained in an amount of more than 100 % of the USP in dandelion root, caraway fruits, and fennel fruits. Vitamin PP in the greatest amount was found in phytogastrol (50.0 % of the USP), folic acid in significant quantities is present in dandelion root, fennel fruits and phytogastrol (75.0 % of the USP), the highest amount of β-carotene was found in phytogastrol (126.0 % of the USP), vitamin E in significant quantities was found in dandelion root (52.0 % of the USP). High content of vitamin D is found in caraway fruits (180.0 % of the UZP). The physiological role of the studied vitamins on the organs and systems of the body, including the digestive system, is given.