The research of medicinal herbs is oriented also on less popular and unknown sorts, which are able to cover the area of terapeutical utilisation. In the frame of the VEGA 1/3 1066/96 research project was Anthemis tinctoria L. evaluated from the point of view of aimfull production of medicinal herbs, oriented to selected production technology elements and some indexes of quality.
The analysed drug consists of dried dyer camomile flowers, which were produced in edaphic - climatic conditions of Dolná Malanta in 1995, 1996, 1997. Tongue - formed flowers were in the horizontal position at the growth phenopase of ripeness and harvest.
The content of flavonoids was stated Christ-Muller calorimetric method (1960). We've used the method of Christ-Muller, which is making use of the inception of flavonoid complex with the chloride aluminium solution and the colour complex was determineted at 425 nm. Experiment results have showed a variability of flavonoids content in flowers of dyer´s chamomile. Dominant matters were glycoside patulitrine and caffeic acid. Results of dyers camomile flowers analyse support the presence of triterpene substances such as taraxasterol, taraxasterol acetate, flavonoids with higher content of patulitrin (patuletin-7-O-glukoside) and caffeic acid. The content of flavonoid ranges is 1.56-4.26%. In the flavonoids composition significant heterogeneity could be observed.
Variability of the content of evaluated complexes of effective substances differs according to these factors: the level of stand nutrition, stand (organisation) structure, course of weather conditions, term of harvest.
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