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Poster presentation 
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CARBOHYDRATE PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION IN SOME 
SPECIES OF Atriplex PLANT GENUS WIDELY SPREAD IN THE 
SOUTHERN ARAL SEA REGION 
S.Sh. Abdirahimova, Sh.J. Fazliddinov, E.R. Nazirova, J.F. Ziavitdinov 
A.S. Sadykov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences,
e-mail: [e-mail] 
 
The Aral Sea desiccation is known to result in the desertification of the whole Aral 
Sea region. Of high significance are the studies on biology and ecology of species 
widely distributed in the region, on biochemical composition of promising medicinal 
plants and identification of bioactive compounds in them for research to be conducted 
aiming at using them in the pharmaceutical industry.
Atriplex is a plant genus of about 250 species, known by the common names of 
saltbush and orache, belonging to the subfamily 
Chenopodioideae
of the family 
Amaranthaceae s.l
. widely spread in the Southern Aralkum.
The work was initiated to determine carbohydrate percentage composition in 
Atriplex 
pratovii
Sukh and 
Atriplex tatarica
L. 
Atriplex pratovii
Sukhor. is an annual herbaceous plant reaching the height of 30-
120cm. It has the erect branched stem covered with the silvery hairs and large smooth 
(with folds in some places) leaves arranged in a row having solid edges and well-
developed ridges.
 
Atriplex tatarica
L. is a branched annual herbaceous plant reaching the height of 60-
100 cm flowering and fruiting in August-September. The leaves are alternately 
triangular-ovoid or oblong-ovoid. 
 
A number of researchers have studied lipid composition of the 
Atriplex lentiformis 
plants growing at various temperatures, concentrations of chemical elements found in 
Atriplex pratovii
Sukhor, some bioactive compounds found in 
Atriplex halimus 
as well 
as antioxidant activity of the latter. 
Table. Carbohydrate percentage composition of 
Atriplex tatarica 
and
Atriplex pratovii 
(%) (M±m, n=5) 
Plants 
Carbohydrate percentage composition (%) 
Fructose 
Glucose 
Sucrose 
Maltose 
Total 
Atriplex tatarica
0.6±0.16 
0.55±0.11 
0.13±0.10 
- 
1.29±0.06 
Atriplex pratovii
1.17±0.06 
0.81±0.14 
0.31±0.01 
- 
2.29±0.03 
As it can be seen, there was different carbohydrate percentage composition in the 
Atriplex pratovii 
(Table)
. 
Thus, fructose percentage (1.17±0.06) was higher than those 
of glucose (0.81±0.14) and sucrose (0.31±0.01), while the total sum of carbohydrates 
was 2.29±0.03%. 
In the 
Atriplex tatarica
, the total sum of carbohydrates was 1.29±0.06%, while there 
was no significance difference in the carbohydrate percentage compositions of fructose 
(0.6±0.16) and glucose (0.55±0.11); the sucrose percentage composition was found low 
(0.13±0.10). No traces of maltose were found in either plant. Thus, in 
Atriplex pratovii, 
the carbohydrate percentage was found two times higher than in 
Atriplex tatarica.

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