Skryabina E.N. 1
Galishevskaya E.E. 1
Agafontceva A.V. 1
1 Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy
The research of some morphological and anatomical structure features of seeds and seed oil fatty acid composition of Cow wheat genus (Melampyrum) four species: m. sylvaticum, m. pratense, m. nemorosum, m. cristatum was carried out. Macroscopic and microscopic analysis was performed according to common pharmaceutical article recommendation; the analysis of fatty oil was done by using of gas-liquid chromatography method. It was found seed morphological structure was species-specific. While studing anatomy it was investigated seed coat, corcule and endosperm structural features. Seed anatomical structure has not significant differences and typical for the whole genus. In the fatty oil qualitative composition there were identified 9 fatty acids which predominately were unsaturated. Acides with 18 carbon atoms: oleic, linoleic, linolenic prevailed among the unsaturated, palmitic acid is the most within saturated. The maximum content of fatty oil was found in the seeds of M. pratense.