Phytochemical Analysis of the Aerial Part of Golden Dock (<i>Rumex Maritimus</i> L.)

Introduction. Golden dock ( Rumex maritimus L., Polygonaceae ) is used as a medicinal and food plant in Asian countries. The contains phytochemicals of various classes: flavonoids, tannins, anthraquinones etc. Plant extracts exhibit antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, astringent activity, have antidiabetic potential. annual, most the biologically active substances accumulate its aboveground organs. An important problem standardization development regulatory documentation for introduction to medical practice. Aim. To conduct phytochemical analysis aerial part golden dock. Materials methods. Air-dried collected at flowering beginning fruiting stage, well individual above-ground organs (leaves, flowers, fruits, stems), were obtaining extracts. Qualitative was carried out using reverse phase HPLC. relative content components mixture calculated by method simple normalization. Total free anthraglycosides terms chrysophanic acid determined spectrophotometric after hydrolysis. tannin titrimetric method. Results discussion. Flavonoids isoquercetin avicularin first discovered . dominant component rutin. Chrysophanol predominates among anthraquinones. highest concentration (2.80 ± 0.04 %) found flowers. Tannins mainly leaves (9.97 0.02 %). A significant amount tannins (6.60 0.03 anthracene derivatives (1.96 contained whole part. Conclusion. Phytochemical showed presence As raw material it proposed use herb Standardization recommended (at least 1.5