Volgograd Journal of Medical Research
Quarterly Journal of Science and Practice

UDK: 615.322:665.527.92(470.45)

Phytochemical basis of raw material in inula helenium herb growing in Volgograd region

A. V. Yanitskaya, I. Yu. Mitrofanova, Yu. S. Shulenina

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра фармакогнозии и ботаники

Abstract

In the overground part of Inula helenium a rich complex of biologically active substances was found, which are dominated by phenolic compounds, namely flavonoids, which are known to possess a wide range of therapeutic effects. On the basis of this the paper presents a technique of flavonoids quantitative order determination in the herb of Inula helenium.

Keywords

Inula helenium, flavonoids, naringenin, spectrophotometry

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