Content of Some Groups of Compounds in the Vegetative Organs of Colchicum autumnale (Melanthiaceae)
L. L. SEDELNIKOVA and T. A. KUKUSHKINA
Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Ul. Zolotodolinskaya 101, Novosibirsk 630090 (Russia)
E-mail: lusedelnikova@yandex.ru
Keywords: bulbotuber, leaf, storage compounds, Colchicum autumnale, Siberia
Pages: 291–296
Abstract
The quantitative composition of storage compounds for Colchicum autumnale was determined. It was established for the first time that under the conditions of the forest-steppe zone of the West Siberia in the vegetation period in leaves and bulbotubers of the introduced species Colchicum autumnale, sugars, starch, saponins, ascorbic acid, pectins, protopectins, catechins, and flavonols are accumulated.
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