Kurkina A.V. 1
1 Samara State Medical University
In the present paper are discussed the results of the investigations in the fi eld of standardization of plant material of Polygonum hydropiper L. There were isolated from the investigated plant the predominant fl avonoids pinostrobin and also a new natural compound – 21,61-dihydroxy-41,51-dimethoxychalcone (polygochalcone), which have the diagnostic signifi cance. There was developed the methods of qualitative analysis of Polygonum hydropiper L. herbs with using of thin layer chromatography (determination of pinostrobin) and spectrophotometry (the maximum of absorption at 283 ± 3 nm and «shoulder» at 340–360 nm). There was developed the method of quantitative determination of total fl avonoids Polygonum hydropiper L. herbs using differential spectrophotometry with analytical wavelength at 394 nm. There was established that the content of total fl avonoids in the Polygonum hydropiper L. herbs varies from 2,47 to 4,45 % (calculated on pinostrobin). The relative degree of the determination of the total fl avonoids in the Polygonum persicaria L. herbs in developed method with confi dence probability 0,95 is no more than + 4,15 %.