BIOLOGICAL ACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM ROOTS
OF VALERIANA OFFICINALIS L. CULTIVATED IN
SOUTH-EASTERN REGION OF POLAND
RENATA NURZYŃSKA-WIERDAK
Department of Vegetable Crops and Medicinal Plants, University of Life
Sciences in Lublin, 58 Leszczyńskiego, 20-068 Lublin, Poland
* corresponding author: renata.nurzynska@up.lublin.pl
Download Full Article

Abstract:

The presented studies concern the determination of content and chemical
composition of essential oil from plants of the Valeriana officinalis L. (‘Lubelski’ common valerian) cultivar grown in the south-eastern region of Poland, as well as the contents of valerenic acids, protein and ash in the discussed raw material. In the examined oil, the presence of 71 compounds was determined, and the predominant compound was bornyl acetate (15.42%), followed by elemol (8.01%), β-gurjunene (6.20%) and camphene
(5.43%). The contents of sesquiterpene – valerenic and acetoxy valerenic acids in the examined valerian raw material was respectively: 0.0519 and 0.0677%. The total valerenic acid contents (0.1196%) are comparable to other Polish cultivars.

Top