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The accumulation of xanthophylls in flowers of marigold (Tagetes) species cultivated under conditions of the Belgorod region has been studied. Five cultivars representing three marigold species were investigated, including T. erecta (Rhodes and Orange Snow cultivars), T. patula (Bolero and Harmony) and T. tenuifolia (Red Gem). The overall xanthophyll content in the petals of flowers has been determined spectrophotometrically, while the composition of lutein diesters in each Tagetes species as well as the composition of anthocyanins in the flowers with claret spots have been studied by reverse phase HPLC. It is established that the total content of xanthophylls and their composition are close to the published data for analogous species growing in other regions of the world. It is shown that more than 90% of xanthophylls in flowers are retained upon drying and the content of lutein diesters in the dry material can exceed 15 mg/g.
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Translated from Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 41, No. 10, pp. 30–32, October, 2007.
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Deineka, V.I., Sorokopudov, V.N., Deineka, L.A. et al. Flowers of marigold (Tagetes) species as a source of xanthophylls. Pharm Chem J 41, 540–542 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11094-008-0007-z
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