INVESTIGATION OF LIPOPHILIC COMPOUNDS OF HERBS AND ROOTS OF CICHORIUM INTYBUS L

Abstract

Cichorium intybus L., a perennial herbaceous plant of Asteraceae family, is widely distributed in the flora of Russia. Aboveground and underground parts of this plant are used in scientific and traditional medicine as hypoglycemic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective remedy. In this experiment lipophilic fractions of the herb and roots of chicory by method of gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection was investigated. 4s a result of the research in the grass we revealed the presence of 14 compounds: derivatives of higher fatty alcohols, vital, isophytol, 3,7,11,15-tetrameth- yl-l,6,10,14-hexametre-3-ol, heneicosane, polien, first identifiedD-Iimonene. In the roots of chicory ordinary identified 12 substances - derivatives oflinoleic acid, first identified a-gorunen, (1-veteranen, a-amyrin and betulin.

Keywords

• cichorium intybus l
• cichorium intybus l
• lipophilic compounds
• chromate-mass-spectroscopy