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4 minutes in room temperature. Thirty microlitres of mushroom tyrosinase (1000units/ml) was<br />

added and incubated again for 10 min at 35◦C. The enzyme reacti<strong>on</strong> was m<strong>on</strong>itored by measuring<br />

the change in absorbance at 475nm (at 37◦C) for 10 min. The percent of inhibiti<strong>on</strong> of the enzyme<br />

was measured and IC 50 values of each sample were calculated by probit analysis. Antioxidant<br />

activities of the fracti<strong>on</strong>s was measured using the 1,2-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) antioxidant<br />

assay. Am<strong>on</strong>gst the separated fracti<strong>on</strong>s, fracti<strong>on</strong>s 5 and 7 separated in ethyl acetate-methanol<br />

exhibited the most inhibiti<strong>on</strong> of mushroom tyrosinase (% 89.2 and %93.65 inhibiti<strong>on</strong> respectively)<br />

in comparis<strong>on</strong> to kojic acid (%96.54 inhibiti<strong>on</strong>). The least IC 50 values were due to fracti<strong>on</strong>s of 5 and<br />

7 (IC 50 values of 80 and 120 µg/ml respectively). Total extract showed %86.34 inhibiti<strong>on</strong> with IC 50<br />

value of 420 µg/ml (kojic acid with IC 50 = 27.6 µg/ml). The most antioxidant effect of Q. infectoria<br />

fracti<strong>on</strong>s was due to fracti<strong>on</strong>s 5 and 7 with IC 50 values of 14.7 and 21.3 µg/ml respectively. These<br />

two potent fracti<strong>on</strong>s were positive to phenols tests. Our findings indicated the fracti<strong>on</strong>s with potent<br />

antityrosinase effect have shown also the most antioxidant effect. These fracti<strong>on</strong>s were extracted<br />

in ethyl acetate- methanol fracti<strong>on</strong>, so might have semipolar nature like gallic acid and/or ellagic<br />

acid. The c<strong>on</strong>firmati<strong>on</strong> of this thesis needs more fracti<strong>on</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> which is carrying out.<br />

Key words: Antioxidant, fracti<strong>on</strong>ati<strong>on</strong>, Quercus infectoria galls, tyrosinase inhibiti<strong>on</strong>.<br />

1.83 Morphological characteristic and antioxidant activity of silver birch<br />

(Betula verrucosa Ehrh.) pollen<br />

Shevtsova Tetiana 1 , Garkava Kateryna 1 , Brindza Jan 2 ,and Ostrovsky<br />

Radovan 2<br />

1 Nati<strong>on</strong>al Aviati<strong>on</strong> University, Institute of Ecological Safety, Kiev, Ukraine. 2 Institute of Biodiversity<br />

C<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> and Biosafety, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of<br />

Agriculture (SUA) in Nitra, Slovak Republic.<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Abstract</str<strong>on</strong>g>: In Ukraine, as well as in many other countries of the world, different parts of a birch<br />

are used in food, pharmacology and cosmetics for the health improvement and other purposes.<br />

Unfortunately, the birch pollen can initiate allergy as well. Therefore the aim of this study is to<br />

establish distincti<strong>on</strong>s of morphological traits and antioxidant activity of silver birch pollen grains<br />

collected in different habitats <strong>on</strong> Ukraine territory and also to define the relevant relati<strong>on</strong>ships<br />

between them. For the comparative analysis 7 samples of the silver birch pollen have been<br />

prepared taking into account different locati<strong>on</strong> measures, background radiati<strong>on</strong> and anthropogenic<br />

influence in Kiev and Rivne regi<strong>on</strong>s of Ukraine. The length of polar axis, equatorial diameter,<br />

apoporial field edge, shape index and other morphological traits were evaluated <strong>on</strong> scanning<br />

electr<strong>on</strong> microscope using the software AxioVs40 V 4.8.2.0. Total antioxidant activity of water and<br />

ethanol extracts of birch pollen grains were defined in reacti<strong>on</strong> with DPPH. Variability of the most<br />

important morphological traits of pollen – the length of the polar axis and equatorial diameter is<br />

respectively 17.90 μm (Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (c<strong>on</strong>trol)) – 18.97 μm (Ivankov) and 22.58 μm<br />

(Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (c<strong>on</strong>trol)) – 23.98 μm (Ivankov). Shape index ranged from 0.77<br />

(Kuznetsovsk) to 0.81 (Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi). It was established that the pollen of silver birch<br />

is characterized by high antioxidant activity: values of the total antioxidant activity for the pollen<br />

water extracts are defined within 80.54% (Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (c<strong>on</strong>trol)) – 85.50% (Ivankov),<br />

for ethanol extracts 60.27% (Hotsky (c<strong>on</strong>trol)) – 84.91% (Kuznetsovsk). Statistically significant<br />

differences between birch pollen samples collected in different habitats of Ukraine were found in<br />

all parameter. Results have c<strong>on</strong>firmed that am<strong>on</strong>g the Betula verrucosa Ehrh. populati<strong>on</strong>s there<br />

are significant distincti<strong>on</strong>s in morphological traits and antioxidant activity of pollen grains and the<br />

dominance of the differences of the same samples in different researches.<br />

Key words: silver birch; Betula verrucosa Ehrh., syn. B. pendula Roth.; pollen; morphology; total<br />

antioxidant activity.<br />

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