The quantitative analyse of summary amount of polysaccharides in leaves, stems and inflorescences of Vitex agnus-castus L. and Vitex cannabifolia Sieb.

  • O. V. Yushchishena State Institution «Institute of Pharmacology and Toxycology of National Medical Academy of Sciens of Ukraine», Kyiv
  • O. O. Tsurkan State Institution «Institute of Pharmacology and Toxycology of National Medical Academy of Sciens of Ukraine», Kyiv
Keywords: Vitex agnus-castus L., Vitex cannabifolia Sieb., polysaccharides, pektins, hemicelluloses, water-soluble polysaccharides, Dreiwood’s method

Abstract

Vitex agnus-castus L. and Vitex cannabifolia Sieb. are reported to have a plenty of pharmacological activities, but their biologically active compounds are not discovered enough. The aim of present study was quantitative analysis of summary amount of water-soluble polysaccharides, pectines and hemicelluloses in leaves, stems and inflorescences of these herbals.

We applied method based on combination of separation by Beily method and Dreiwood’s spectrophotometric analysis of polysaccharides. Also we made quantitative analysis of water-soluble polysaccharides in these raw material using gravimetric method. The components of carbohydrate complexes after hydrolysis have been researched by thin layer chromatography.

We have found arabinose, galactose and glucose in hydrolysate of water-soluble polysaccharides, and galacturonic acid – in those of pectines and hemicelluloses. The highest amounts of pectines and hemicelluloses were found in leaves of V. cannabifolia (accordingly 2,49% and 3,25%), while the highest range of water-soluble polysaccharides (6,03%) was found in stems of V. agnus-castus.

Also it was noticed, that gravimetric method of quantitative analysis of water-soluble polysaccharides is less accurate, than combined Beily-Dreiwood one, although it could be recommended as a fast analysis in screening researches. We realized inflorescences and leaves of V. cannabifolia have the highest amount of polysaccharides among discovered types of raw material.

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Published
2019-02-12
How to Cite
Yushchishena, O. V., & Tsurkan, O. O. (2019). The quantitative analyse of summary amount of polysaccharides in leaves, stems and inflorescences of Vitex agnus-castus L. and Vitex cannabifolia Sieb. Farmatsevtychnyi Zhurnal, (4), 89-94. Retrieved from https://pharmj.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/392
Issue
No. 4 (2013): Farmatsevtychnyi zhurnal
Section
Phytochemistry
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