CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CAROTENOIDS FROM ANTHEMIS TINCTORIA L. (ASTERACEAE).
DANIELA HANGANU, ADELA PINTEA, ANGELA MARCULESCU, CLAUDIA TOMA, SIMONA MIREL
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Abstract:

Anthemis tinctoria L. belongs to Asteraceae family and it is used for a long time by the Romanian people for its tinctorial and medicinal properties. The pharmacognostical study of this species is important, the knowledge about Anthemis tinctoria L. being poor. The carotenoids are important compounds present in Anthemis tinctoria L. flowers. They are mentioned for the first time in this paper. Total carotenoids were extracted with a solvent mixture, saponified, separated on alumina open column and analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Photodiode Array Detector (AHPLC-PDA). The fresh flowers contain 46,86 mg carotenoid /100 g and the dried flowers contain 6,25 mg carotenoids /100 g. There were identified carotenoids from carotene series (β-carotene), monoxantophyll series (α- and β-criptoxantine), dixantophyll series (luteine) and epoxidic series (neoxanthine and violaxanthine). The drug is a good source of xanthophylls (the concentration of lutein is 46,8%), which has important therapeutical properties. The results show that it is possible to obtain some standardized extracts rich in carotenoids, especially in xantophylls.

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