Studying biologically active substances in wild-growing raw materials processed products to obtain biologically active additives

The aim of the study is to investigate biologically active substances in the processed products of wild-growing raw materials growing in the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania region for their use in the produc-tion of functional foods. Objectives: theoretical substantiation of the possibilities of processing wild-growing raw materials in order to obtain biologically active additives; study of the moisture characteristics of wild plants predetermined for obtaining biologically active additives, carbohydrate composition of the processed products of wild plants, sorption capacity of the processed products of wild plants in relation to lead, car-bohydrate resistance (GN, GI) of the maximum permissible dose, mineral composition of the processed products of wild plants; vitamin composition of the processed products of wild plants. The object of the study is wild plants: yellow lupine, white lupine, quinoa, chicory, as well as their powders obtained after drying. The processed products of wild raw materials were obtained from dried stems, leaves, inflores-cences, rhizomes of wild plants. Modern methods were used to study the composition and properties of wild-growing raw materials. The study included calculation of humidity conditions, assessment of carbohy-drate, vitamin, mineral composition, as well as polyphenolic compounds of wild plants and powders ob-tained from them. When studying the vitamin composition, the method of high-performance liquid chroma-tography was used, consisting in separating the substances of the mixture under study between a liquid and a solid sorbent. Optical and electrochemical methods with preliminary mineralization of the object of study were used to analyze mineral substances. The carbohydrate content was studied based on physico-chemical methods formed by measuring the optical density of the substance (photometry), the electro-chemical potential of the substance (potentiometry), and the distribution between the mobile and stationary phases (chromatography). As a result of the conducted research, products of processing of wild plants (prebiotics) were developed. The results of the research of the PPWR on the quantity and quality of the studied BAS (vitamins, mineral elements, polysaccharides) confirm the expediency of using them as bio-logically active additives in the technology of functional food products to enrich their composition with es-sential nutrition factors.