Changement du taux des triterpénoîdes dans Helianthus annuus L. pendant la période de végétation [Variations in the level of triterpenoids in Helianthus annuus during vegetation]

Abstract

The variations in the level of triterpenoids, i.e. methylsterols, sterols, triterpenic monols and diols as well as of oleanolic acid and echinicystic acid were investigated in different organs of Helianthus annuus plant during vegetation period till 120th day. It was found that all types of compounds investigated are present in considerable quantities in the whole plant during this period. The presence of 5 monols and of 5 diols with chromatographic properties of pentacyclic triterpenic alcohols identified previously in Calendula officinalis flowers was proved in the shoots of H. annuus. This fact indicates that ,the green tissues of H. annuus possess the capacity to biosynthesize the pentacyclic triterpenes of different types and to hydroxylate them, what results in formation of diols from monols and of echinocystic acid from oleanolic acid. The green tissues of the previously investigated C. officinalis can synthesize only the triterpenes of the ß-amyrin type and the synthesis of triterpenes of other types and their hydroxylation procedes only in the flowers of this plant.