Blackcurrant

Botanical Name: Ribes Nigrum

Botanical Name:
Ribes Nigrum

Botanical name:

Ribes Nigrum

Family:

Grossulariaceae

Appearance:

Culture shrub, rare in the spontaneous flora, tall up to 2 m, with the right, unsteady strain. The leaf is made up of 3 pointed lobes, teeth on the edges. The flowers are grouped in 5-10 yellow races to the esters and rosy in the interior. Fruit, black spherical ball.

Origins:

Scotland, Poland, Lithuania, Norway, and New Zealand

Active Constituents:

A

Healing Properties:

Active constituents:

Flavonoids, derivatives of miricin and rhamnetin, essential oil, ascorbic acid, enzymes, mineral salts,
Sugars, organic acids, calcium, iron, phosphoes, potassium, sodium, zinc, copper, C, PP, anthocyanic pigments.

Healing properties:

Preparations based on black currant leaves have anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory properties. reduces leukocyte haemostasis and acts on the cell membrane.

Fruits have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic action.