We analysed variability of extractive contents and the share of total phenols in different tissues of black locust trees (Robinia pseudoacacia L.). Black locust trees from Obrež (Središče ob Dravi, Slovenia) area were cut down and wood samples sawn out. Individual tissues werem sawn out, milled and prepared for extraction by Soxhlet. The extraction was conducted with a non-polar solvent cyclohexane for the lipophilic components, and with a polar solvent acetone/water for the hydrophilic components. Acetone extracts were used for the determination of total phenols done by UV/VIS spectroscopy. The highest average concentration of total extracts was found in heartwood (8.41 %), and the lowest in the sapwood (4.88 %). The bark area had the highest average content of lipophilic extractives (30.40 mg/g), while the other studied tissues had much lower values. The lowest average content of lipophilic extractives (7.36 mg/g) was in dead knots. The average content of hydrophilic extractives was the largest in the heartwood (78.26 mg/g) and the lowest in the range of sapwood (25.20 mg/g). The highest average concentration of total phenols was in the range of heartwood (34.89 mg/g), and the lowest in the sapwood (4.70 mg/g). Peripheral parts of heartwood had the largest share of total phenols, however, towards the centre of the core their value decreased. In all the researched robinia trees, the content of total phenols was greater in heartwood than in sapwood
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