Free and bound phenolic acids in inflorescences and rhizomes with roots of Hieracium pilosella L. (Asteraceae)

The analysis of the fractions of free and bound, liberated by hydrolysis, phenolic acids in the inflorescences and rhizomes with roots of Hieracium pilosella L. was conducted by 2D-TLC and RP-HPLC methods. In the inflorescences fourteen phenolic acids were found: chlorogenic, gallic, protocatechuic, homoprotocatechuic, caffeic, gentisic, p-hydroxyphenylacetic, p-hydroxybenzoic, m-hydroxybenzoic, p-coumaric, syringic, vanillic, ferulic and salicylic. In the rhizomes with roots nine phenolic acids were identified: chlorogenic, gallic, homoprotocatechuic, caffeic, gentisic, p- hydroxyphenylacetic, p-hydroxybenzoic, syringic and vanillic. By means of the RP-HPLC method the contents of major acids were estimated which ranged from 0.01 mg% up to 139.50 mg%. Caffeic acid is the remarkably dominating constituent of both plant materials. Phenolic compounds may contribute to invasiveness and medicinal properties of this species.