Abstract

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANATOMICAL CHARACTERIS-TICS OF THE ATHEROGENIC HERB TEA

P. B. Lubsandorzhieva*, V.V. Taraskin and N.B. Boldanova

ABSTRACT

There has been studied the qualitative composition and quantitative content of phenolic compounds in the 70 % ethanolic extract, carbohy-drates, organic acids in the aqueous fraction, a fatty acid composition of the lipid fraction of the atherogenic herb tea intended to reduce cho-lesterol and lipid metabolism improvement, which consists of the Aco-rus calamus L. roots, Bergenia сrassifolia (L.) Fritsch. black leaves, Chamomilla recutita (Matricaria chamomilla) L. flowers,, Polygonum aviculare L. herb, Rosa L. and Crataegus L. fruits, Taraxacum offici-nale Wigg. roots. Arbutin, catechin, tannin, gallic, caffeic acids are dominated in 70% - ethanolic extract; oxalic, succinic, and ascorbic ac ids, glucose and fructose were dominated in water extract of the athero genic herb tea. Fatty acids: 18: 2n6cys (34,92%), 18: 1n9cys (23,49%), palmitic acid (18,00%), stearic acid (2,88% ), arachidic acid (1,53%) and others were dominated in the lipid fraction of the ather-ogenic herb tea. 2-5 characteristic features (trichomes, glandules, pollen, fragments of epi-dermis with cells having certain forms and stomata apparatus, or without it) specific to the individual components of the herb tea were found in micropreparations of the herb tea sam-ples, crushed to a particle size 0,5-3.0 mm, that allow to verify the authenticity of the herb tea.

Keywords: atherogenic herb tea, biologically active substances, microscopy, diagnostic features.