Content of ascorbic acid and carotene in raw aromatic plants of the famili Lamiaceae Lindl.

Abstract

The highest content of ascorbic acid in grass of annual aromatic plants grown in Zhytomyr Woodlands was found in blueflower form of Dracocephalum moldavica L., where this meaning amounted to 198.62±7.8 mg%, and the lowest – in Satureja hortensis L., with 45.46±1.58 mg% of the vitamin C in raw material. Among the perennial species maximum level of the ascorbic acid was found in raw Hyssopus angustifolius M.B. (308.91±4.78 mg%), and the lowest – in Origanum vulgare L. (38.11±1.88 mg%). The content of carotene in raw plants of the Lamiaceae family was not significant. Among the annual plants its highest content was found in grass Satureja hortensis L. – 1.12 mg%, and the lowest – in Elsholzia cristata Willd. (0.15±0.01 mg%). Among the perennial plants, the maximum content of carotene was found in Hyssopus officinalis L. cv. Vodograj – 2.28±0.04 mg%, and the minimum (0.15±0.01 mg%) – in Salvia officinalis L.

Keywords

• aromatic plants
• vitamins
• ascorbic acid
• carotenes
• lamiaceae lindl.
• woodlands of ukraine