SEA BUCKTHORN VEGETATIVE PARTS — A GOOD SOURCE OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS

In recent years, due to the health problems and better life expectancy, natural sources of bioactivesubstances have gained wide interest. sea buckthorn is well known as a valuable plant andis widely used in traditional medicine for the treatment of diseases and disorders. a considerableamount of literature has been published on sea buckthorn berries, although all parts of sea buckthornplant are considered as a source of a large amount of biological active substances, and believedto have beneficial health effects. therefore, vegetative parts would be a good raw materialnot only for medicinal, cosmetic and pharmaceutical properties, but also for the food industry.this has increased the research on different sea buckthorn vegetative parts and their extract activityand toxicity. sea buckthorn leaves have attracted interest during the past few years as themost promising source of active compounds after berries. they contain a wide range of hydrophilicand lipophilic bioactive compounds, which exhibit remarkable anti-oxidant potential togetherwith anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-tumour and anti-inflammatory activity. therefore, extracts of theplant leaves could be used as natural replacements for synthetic additives and for food productswith functional properties. this creates the need to investigate the biochemical content of seabuckthorn vegetative parts grown in latvia.