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Introducing Wild-Growing Medicinal Plants into Cultivation: Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris Moench)—A Rich Source of Phenolic Compounds

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Abstract

Dropwort is a wild-growing plant, long used in traditional European medicine. The species is a rich source of phenolic compounds. The plant raw materials are: flowers, herb, and underground organs (rhizomes with tuberous roots). They have been used in the treatment of difficult-to-heal wounds, cold, rheumatism, and kidney problems. Dropwort extracts reveal potential in the prevention of neurodegenerative disorders, as well. Due to dynamic changes in the use of agricultural lands, natural sites of this species gradually disappear. Introduction into the cultivation seems to be a chance to preserve its natural resources and to provide standardized raw materials for the industry. In this chapter, we present the results of our investigations concerning the factors affecting the quality of different raw materials obtained from cultivated dropwort plants.

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Abbreviations

BF:

Beginning of flowering

EF:

End of flowering

FF:

Full flowering

HPLC:

High performance liquid chromatography

MPM:

Malignant pleural mesothelioma

nd:

Not detected

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The work was supported by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, project NCBiR No. R12 06803.

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    K. Bączek, J. L. Przybył, O. Kosakowska & Z. Węglarz

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Bączek, K., Przybył, J.L., Kosakowska, O., Węglarz, Z. (2021). Introducing Wild-Growing Medicinal Plants into Cultivation: Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris Moench)—A Rich Source of Phenolic Compounds. In: Ekiert, H.M., Ramawat, K.G., Arora, J. (eds) Medicinal Plants. Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, vol 28. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74779-4_2

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