Assessment of the quantitative content of essential oil in different parts of the plant Heracléum sosnówski

Abstract

In this article the analysis of scientific literature was carried out during which considerable interest of scientists to research of essential oil of Heracléum sosnówskyi — the plants widespread in the Russian Federation, and being weed is noticed. We identified the presence of essential oil in the stems, fruits and leaves of Heracléum sosnówskyi, which grows in three districts of the Moscow region. Also, the quantitative analysis of the content of essential oil in the stems from 0.57 to 0.67 %, in the fruits-from 0.98 to 1.38 %, in the leaves-from 0.87 to 0.93 %.