The aim of this study was to determine lipophilic antioxidants content in seven grassland plant species: Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.), garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata Cav. & Grande), cabbage thistle (Cirsium oleraceum (L.) Scop.), rough hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus L.), broadleaf plantain (Plantago major L.), common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris L.) and sweet violet (Viola odorata L.). Plant material was all harvested in spring, at same weather conditions, at developmental stage that is prefered from forager and consumer's standpoint. Chlorophyll a and b, tocopherols ( and and carotenoids: lutein, neoxanthin, violaxanthin, antheraxanthin and zeaxanthin contents, were determined quantitatively. Analysis was conducted with a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method. The highest average value of total chlorophyll and carotenoid contents was measured in garlic mustard, the highest average value of total tocopherol was measured in broadleaf plantain. To get a better perception of the bioactive compounds amount in studied plants, we compared results from our study to the ones from the literature for the same plant species and for other species that are being consumed in the same way as those from our study (leafy greens).
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