2015, Vol. 3, Issue 6, Part A

author(s)
Kurkin Vladimir A, Kurkina Anna V, Afanasyeva Polina V, Platonov Igor A, Pavlova Larisa V

abstract
With the using of HPLC the method of the quantitative determination of the dominant flavonoid, narcissin (3-O-rutinoside of isorhamnetin) in the flowers of Calendula officinalis L. there was developed. It was determined that the content of narcissin in the in the flowers of this plant varies from 0,68±0,02% to 0,97±0,03%. The developed method of HPLC-analysis can also be used to determine the authenticity of the flowers of Calendula officinalis by means of the detection of narcissin, which has the diagnostic significance.