Hort. Sci. (Prague), 2005, 32(1):17-22 | DOI: 10.17221/3761-HORTSCI

Variability of the content of active substances during Achillea collina Rchb. Alba ontogenesis

K. Karlová, K. Petříková
Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic

The fluctuation of essential oil, flavonoid and tannin content in Achillea collina Rchb. Alba (flos and herba millefolii) during ontogenesis was studied in this paper. Ten developmental stages of plants - from the beginning of flower differentiation to ripe seed stage - were tested for 3 years. The essential oil content was found to range between 0.4 and 1.6% of dry material and it was statistically significantly (one-factor analysis of variance; α = 0.05) influenced by developmental stage, harvested part of the plant and also by seasonal climatic conditions. The flavonoid content was influenced only by developmental stage and not by the type of yarrow drug or season. Its values ranged from 0.7 to 6.0% of dry material and it had a clear decreasing tendency during the plant ripening. Compared to flavonoids tannin production showed a reverse trend in yarrow. Their content was 0.3-1.0% and it increased during seed maturing. However differences between tannin contents during yarrow ontogenesis are not so dramatic and the influence of harvested part and season is also disputable. Comparison of the content of active substances in the drug from one- and six-years old yarrow plants did not indicate any differences due to age. Developmental stage V, beginning of flowering, can be recommended to producers as an optimum harvest stage because in this period the drug has the highest essential oil content in relation to plant mass yield and also to flavonoid and tannin contents.

Keywords: Achillea collina; essential oils; flavonoids; tannins; variability; ontogenesis

Published: March 31, 2005  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Karlová K, Petříková K. Variability of the content of active substances during Achillea collina Rchb. Alba ontogenesis. Hort. Sci. (Prague). 2005;32(1):17-22. doi: 10.17221/3761-HORTSCI.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. ČERNAJ P., LIPTÁKOVÁ H., MOHR G., REPČÁK M., HONČARIV R., 1983. Variability of the content and composition of essential oil during ontogenesis of Achillea collina Becker. Herba Hungarica, 22: 21-26.
    2. ČESKOSLOVENSKÝ LÉKOPIS 4, 1987 (1. sv.). Praha, Avicenum: 412.
    3. ČESKÝ LÉKOPIS, 2002, 3. díl. Praha, Grada Publishing, a. s.: 3416.
    4. FIGUEIREDO C.A., BARROSO J.G., PAIS M.S.S., SCHEFFER J.J.C., 1992. Composition of the essential oils from leaves and flowers of Achillea millefolium L. ssp. millefolium. Flavour Fragrance Journal, 7: 219-222. Go to original source...
    5. Osvědčení o výsledku státních odrůdových zkoušek. Řebříček chlumní Achillea collina J. Becker ex Reichenb. ALBA, 1992 ÚKZÚZ v Praze a Bratislavě, Hlavní odrůdová zkušebna v Brně: 6.
    6. RUMIŇSKA A., 1970. Relation between the age of Achillea millefolium (yarrow) and its content of azulene and oils. Acta Agrobotanica, 23: 53-71 (Chem. Abstr., 75: 16226n). Go to original source...
    7. ŠPINAROVÁ Š., PETŘÍKOVÁ K., 2003. Variability of the content and quality of some active substances within Achillea millefolium complex. Horticultural Science (Prague), 30: 7-13. Go to original source...

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content