The assessment of the phenolcarboxylic acid content in the raw materials of yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.)

For the first time ever in Lithuania, the general amount of phenolcarboxylic acids was measured in the raw plant material of Achillea millefolium L. medicinal plants. The population and morphological variance of the quantitative content of the acids in yarrow plants growing in the natural habitats of Lithuania was also determined for the first time. The overall amount of phenolcarboxylic acids was determined to be 58,690±4.279 mg/g in 70 percent ethanol extracts of the herb. It was also determined that significant variability exists in indicators of the phenolcarboxylic acid content of A. millefolium plants. This is directly dependent on the morphological part of the plant. The total average of the phenolcarboxylic acids content in flowers was 58,029±3,492 mg/g. The total average in leaves was 102,150±7,50 mg/g, almost two times higher the content found in the flowers and herbs. The average acids content accumulated in stems was 22,722 ± 2,928 mg/g. Determinated sign variability of the content of phenolcarboxylic acids in the investigated cenopopulations of yarrow. The total acids content of different cenopopulations in the raw plant materials of yarrow ranged from 33,490 to 86,474 mg/g, in flowers - from 40,240 to 73,022 mg /g, in leaves - from 74,110 to 150,176 mg/g, in stems - from 15,605 to 43,381 mg/g. Statistical comparison of sample group averages found statistically significant differences between sample group averages. The dispersion of the experimental data was described by calculating the variation coefficients of sample groups (herbs – 26,29 percent, flowers – 19,03 percent, leaves – 23,25 percent, stems – 40,74 percent), which demonstrated that the dispersion of the general amount of phenolcarboxylic acids is greatest in the stems, great in the herbs and leaves, medium in the flowers