VOLATILE SUBSTANCES OF ALCOHOLIC EXTRACTS FROM GIANT ACHATINA (ACHATINA FULICA)
Giant Achatina (Achatina fulica, Achatinidae, Gastropoda) is a large land mollusk, common in Russia and other European countries as a pet, a dangerous invasive species in tropical countries. Achatina is edible and cultivated in tropical countries, promising for use in artificial bioregenerative life support systems, used in cosmetics and cosmetology due to antibacterial, healing and rejuvenating properties of mucus. The aim of the work was to study the component composition of volatile substances in the alcohol extract from the tissues of Achatina fulica. Volatile substances contained in the alcohol extract from Achatina fulica tissues were analyzed using GC/MS on a Varian 450GC-220MS chromatography-mass spectrometer with an «ion trap» mass analyzer. The extraction was obtained by infusion of mollusk tissues with 90 % (by volume) ethyl alcohol in a 1:10 ratio for 14 days. In the alcohol extract from Achatina fulica tissues 152 compounds were found, of which 78 substances were identified, including propionic acid derivatives (2-(4-isobutylphenyl)-propionic acid (36.17 %) as well as 3-(methylthio)-propionic acid and 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-phenyl-propionic acid,) omega-3 and -6 fatty acids, their ethyl and propyl esters, tridocosahexaenoin, hydroxydihydromaltol, steroid compounds, carboxylic acids, alcohols, aldehydes, nitrogen-containing substances, etc., which can condition along with anti-inflammatory glycoproteins and peptides the pharmacological action of mucin and preparations of Achatina fulica.