COPMONENT COMPOSITION OF ROOT IN TWO SPECIES OPLOPANAX (ARALIACEAE)
The qualitative and quantitative composition of two species of Oplopanax root was studied by gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection. Extraction of components from the investigated objects was carried out by extraction of dry ground raw material with 70% ethanol. For the analysis of polar compounds, the extracts were further derivatized to give the corresponding trimethylsilyl derivatives. Identification of components was carried out using commercial (NIST17, Wiley14) and own custom mass-spectrometer libraries. The percentage of components found was calculated using the areas of the corresponding chromatographic peaks. Found in these samples were 130 compounds of various classes: terpenes and their derivatives, alcohols, aldehydes, polyyns, polyenes, various acids and their derivatives, phenols, sterols, lignans, vitamins, nucleosides, glycosides and sugars. It has been established that the qualitative and quantitative composition of root extracts varies even within the same species. The presence of 26 compounds common to the two species of Oplopanax, including 12 acids, 3 polyyns, 6 terpenes and one representative each from the class polyenes, aldehydes, lignans, glycosides and sterols, was revealed. As a result of the comparative analysis, it was established that 4 compounds from the class of polyyns (falcarindiol acetate, oplopanediol acetate, oplopantriol A and oplopantriol B) are found only in the roots of O. horridus.