Volume 21, Issue 9 e202400640
Research Article

Lavandula angustifolia Herb from Ukraine: Comparative Chemical Profile and in vitro Antioxidant Activity

Olha Mykhailenko

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Olha Mykhailenko

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National University of Pharmacy, 4-Valentynivska str., 61168 Kharkiv, Ukraine Tel: +

Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy Group, UCL School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, WC1 N 1AX London, United Kingdom

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Viktoriia Hurina

Viktoriia Hurina

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National University of Pharmacy, 4-Valentynivska str., 61168 Kharkiv, Ukraine Tel: +

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Liudas Ivanauskas

Liudas Ivanauskas

Department of Analytical and Toxicological Chemistry, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 9-A. Mickevičiaus g., 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Mindaugas Marksa

Mindaugas Marksa

Department of Analytical and Toxicological Chemistry, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 9-A. Mickevičiaus g., 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Mariia Skybitska

Mariia Skybitska

Botanical Garden of the Lviv National Ivan Franko University, 44-Cheremshini str., 79000 Lviv, Ukraine

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Oleh Kovalenko

Oleh Kovalenko

Mykolayiv National Agrarian University, Department of Plant Growing and Landscape Gardening, 9-Georgiy Gongadze st., 54000 Mykolaiv, Ukraine

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Dmytro Lytkin

Dmytro Lytkin

Educational and Scientific Institute of Applied Pharmacy, National University of Pharmacy of Ministry of Health of Ukraine, 12 Kulykivska str., 61000 Kharkiv, Ukraine

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Inna Vladymyrova

Inna Vladymyrova

Department of Pharmaceutical Technologies and Medicines Quality Assurance, National University of Pharmacy, 4-Valentynivska st., 61168 Kharkiv, Ukraine

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Victoriya Georgiyants

Victoriya Georgiyants

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National University of Pharmacy, 4-Valentynivska str., 61168 Kharkiv, Ukraine Tel: +

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First published: 11 August 2024
Citations: 2

Abstract

Lavandula L. genus plants have always been relevant as medicines for various purposes in food, medicine, pharmaceuticals, cosmetology and aromology. Ukraine is a new territory in the mass plant cultivation and lavender essential oil production. Therefore, the issue of integrated use of herbal raw materials and their intended use is still relevant. For the first time, ten samples of Lavendula angustifolia herb from 5 growing regions of Ukraine were studied for the composition and content of polyphenols and terpenoids using HPLC and HPTLC methods, respectively, to assess the prospects and quality of herbal raw materials. The results obtained showed that L. angustifolia herb has pronounced antioxidant activity due to the high content of phenolic compounds, namely hyperoside (5.665–11.629 mg/g), vanillic acid (5.986–11.196 mg/g), rosmarinic acid (0.211 to 1.488 mg/g), caffeic acid (0.369–3.835 mg/g), chlorogenic acid (0.239–4.619 mg/g), genistein-7-O-glucoside, as well as due to the presence of linalool and linalyl acetate, which was confirmed by qualitative analysis. The total antioxidant activity was the highest in samples from Lviv Botanical Garden (0.293 Trolox mg/mL), Kyiv OLawander (0.288 Trolox mg/mL), Kharkiv Bohodukhiv (0.270 Trolox mg/mL) which is due to the qualitative composition of phenolic compounds. At the same time, the most intense zones of terpenoids in lavender herb were noted for images from Kharkiv region Lebiazhe and Kitchenkivka villiges. Cluster analysis showed priority in the selection of marker compounds (vanillic acid, hyperoside, chlorogenic acid, rosmarinic acid) for lavender herb based on their quantitative content in the samples. In the future, lavender herb from Ukraine can be considered as a promising raw material with neuroprotective properties as part of its complex use, as research continues.

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Conflict of Interests

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