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VOLATILE COMPOUNDS OF THE SECONDARY METABOLISM OF MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY ASTERACEAE BERCHT. & J. PRESL
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Оlena Palamarchuk , Nadiya Dzhurenko , Oksana Sokol , Alina Butko
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1 M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv,
Ukraine; E-mail.: pastinacase@gmail.com
2 О.О. Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
The last decades are characterized by a clear tendency of widespread use in the medical
practice of natural active substances (NAS), the advantage of which is low toxicity, milder action,
and a wide range of pharmacological activity. Modern research has proven the high efficiency of
an important and sometimes predominant source of raw materials – plants from the arsenal of
folk and traditional medicine, which determine the value of species for pharmacy and medical
practice. The rational ratio and composition of NAS components, similar to bioactive
compounds of the body or products of its vital activity (metabolites), provide a harmonious
relationship and interdependence of physiological and biochemical processes, which determine
the diversity and widespread use of plants. A special group is represented by organic substances
volatile organic compounds (VOC) – a wide class of natural metabolites that perform important
biological and biochemical functions in living organisms, the relevance of the study of which has
significantly increased in recent years.
This work aimed to study the specific biochemical characteristics of the VOC composition
of the underground part of the introduced species of the Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl family of the
genetic collection of the M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of the NAS of Ukraine and to
assess the potential of bioactive ingredients. They preferred large burdock (Arctium lappa L.),
common chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), medicinal dandelion (Taraxacum officinale Wigg), spread
grindelia (Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh.) Dun), and common Georgina roots (Dahlia single L.). VOC was
obtained by a modified method of hydrodistillation, followed by gas chromatography-mass
spectrometric analysis (GC-MS) of their component composition, the quantitative content of which
was calculated by the normalization method.
The VOC of the roots of the species under study refers to alcohols, aldehydes, saturated and
unsaturated hydrocarbons, esters, etc (%). Chicory has 40 VOCs, 31 were identified. Ethyl
palmitate (25.43) and ethyl linoleate (48.15) dominate. Borneol, bornyl acetate, cadinene alcohol,
tetradecane, ethyltetradecanoate are characteristic of this species. For burdock, out of 45
substances, 40 were identified, the main of which are 1,11,15-heptadecatriene (25.34), 1,11,13-
heptadecatetraene (108.93), hexanol (49.31). Ethyl palmitate, cis-, trans-2, 4-decadienal,
pentadecene-1, paracymene-8-ol, furfural were found to be a marker. Dandelion was identified of 47
substances. Heptadecene, еthylphenyl acetate were found to be specific VOCs. In dahlia tubers
55 VOCs. Major 1,3,5-tridecatriene-1-triine (37.13) were identified. Specific components no
more than 1%. Grindelia had 76 VOCs (%), 31 with a predominance of alcohols (%): borneol
(15.53), verbenol (8.22). Basic alkanes (28.35), terpenes (8.28) – germacrene B, characteristic-
methylgrindelate. Special attention is paid to the presence of unsaturated carbon squalene – a
powerful immunostimulant, the high level (%) of which is characteristic of the aerial part of
dandelion (5.62), burdock (6.27), chicory (17.33), which determines their prospects for the
creation of anticancer drugs. The specificity of the component composition of VOCs suggests the
possibility of developing diagnostic features to determine the species of the considered plants
under consideration, as well as using their raw material potential to create multifunctional
medicinal products.
Keywords: Asteraceae spp., volatile organic compounds.

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