RESEARCH IN BEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Abstract
Currently, research on the creation of technology for food products enriched with biologically active additives of plant origin continues to be relevant. In this regard, of interest are plants containing polyphenolic compounds, which indirectly through enzyme systems regulate redox processes that determine the state of the cell membrane. From this point of view, prostrate marigolds (Tagetes patula L.) are a raw material source with a rich and diverse composition of polyphenols. Infusions and decoctions of marigolds are widely used in folk medicine as antimicrobial, hypotensive, hepatoprotective and diuretic agents. It is also timely and important to develop a technology for obtaining preventive drinks with the addition of biologically active additives of plants of the genus Tagetes (Asteraceae) and some other families characteristic of plants.