A COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGICAL AND
CHEMICAL STUDY OF THE SEEDS FROM
TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM (L.) AND T.
CAERULEA (L.) SER. SPECIES
MIHAELA DINU1, ROBERT ANCUCEANU1*, VALERIA
RĂDULESCU2, DIANA-CAROLINA ILIEŞ2, CORNEL MUNTEANU3,
CORINA ARAMĂ4
1Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Cell Biology, Faculty of
Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, 6
Traian Vuia, Bucharest 020956, Romania
2Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of
Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, 6 Traian Vuia, Bucharest
020956, Romania
3Institute of Physical Chemistry "Ilie Murgulescu"
4Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of
Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, 6 Traian Vuia, Bucharest
020956, Romania
*corresponding author: robert.ancuceanu@botanica-farmaceutica.ro
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Abstract:

While the seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum (L.) are relatively widely used as a spice and seasoning in food and as a traditional herbal medicinal product, those of T. caerulea have a more limited use and are rather ignored. We report on a comparative study of the surface morphology (investigated by scanning electron microscopy), of alcoholic extracts prepared from the seeds of the two species (analysed through HPLC) and of their fatty acid composition (investigated through GC, after derivatization with methanol).

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