Currently, honeysuckle is very popular in the gardens of the Amur region. Breeding work to create varieties of honeysuckle with a high content of biologically active substances is actively underway in the Far Eastern State Agrarian University. The paper presents data on the study of the chemical composition of honeysuckle berries of 4 varieties and 7 prospective hybrids. The largest berry was a hybrid of 4/3 (Slivovaya) and 29/5 (Bananovaya), the weight of 100 berries was 95.2 g and 128.9 g, respectively. The F-12 and F-13 hybrids were the most productive. The highest sugar content was observed in hybrids 29/5 (Bananovaya), F-13, F-14 and F-15 and was at the level of 13–13.7 %. Titrated acidity in terms of malic acid among the selective hybrids of honeysuckle varied from 0.56 % (F 14) to 1.56 % (F-17). Prospective hybrids 29/5 (Bananovaya) and F-12 had a higher ascorbic acid content (76.7 mg/100 g) compared to other hybrids. Honeysuckle is a source of flavonoids, the structure of which has been identified by IR spectroscopy. IR spectra of flavonoids of berries of hybrids F-13, F-15, 29/5 (Bananovaya) and varieties Podarok Amurchanam, Stepanovskaya 1 are similar to the IR spectrum of quercetin.

Zaritsky Alexander V., Pakusina Antonina P., Platonova Tatiana P.

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