In the last decade, the herbaceous perennial - immortelle (Helichrysum spp.) has become a very popular topic of many scientific studies. It belongs to the genus Helichrysum and the family Asteraceae. This includes about 600 species represented worldwide. There are 25 species in the Mediterranean, of which the most widespread is the immortelle (Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don). The latter has three subspecies: italicum, microphyllum and siculum. Due to their very complex chemical composition, the most researched are essential oils, obtained from different parts of plants. Immortelle has many healing properties. The aim of the master's thesis was to determine the morphological and chemical properties of annual and biennial plants of the population, kept by the Institute of Hops and Brewing of Slovenia (IHPS) from Žalec and to determine the difference between three Croatian populations, namely MAP02689, MAP02688 and MAP02685. The field experiment was designed on the Laboratory field of the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana. The morphological properties of different immortelle populations were observed and the essential oil content was determined by aqueous distillation using a Clevenger apparatus. The chemical composition of the essential oil was determined by gas chromatography (GC-MS). Differences in some morphological characteristics were found between annual and biennial plants of the population, kept by the Institute of Hop Growing and Brewing of Slovenia (IHPS) from Žalec. The main constituents of the essential oils of this population were α-pinene, geranyl acetate, italicen, guailol, rosifoliol. Morphological differences between populations MAP02689, MAP02688 and MAP02685 were also found. The main compounds in the populations were α-pinene, geranyl acetate, limonene, α-seline, β-seline, E-caryophyllene. Plants planted in the first planting period turned out to be the most developed.
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