Abstract:
Results from analysing the contents of mono-and oligo-saccharides(total 14 compounds) in different parts of birch(
Betula pendula Roth)in spring by gas-chromatography indicated that the major sugars in birch sap were mono-saccharides in which fructose content was about 9.04mg/ml and gluctose content about 4.80mg/ml(measured on April 4),and there were also some trace of disaccharlde and trisaccharide observed.The major sugars in branch and in root were also mono-saccharides. Its contents in branches fluctuated from 15.96 to 13.10 mg/g,in roots from 24.42 to 3.09mg/g(from March 27 to May 18).Then it is important to collect birch sap according to its physiological changes with time.