SCREENING OF THE FLAVONOID CONTENT OF SOME PLANTS GROWI°NG IN ERZURUM PROVINCE IN TURKEY

Zuhal GÜVENALP*, L.Ömür DEMIREZER**°,Yusuf KAYA***, Mansur HARMANDAR*

*Atatürk University, Faculty of Education, Department of Organic Chemistry, Erzurum, TURKEY.
**Hacettepe University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deparment of Pharmacognosy, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, TURKEY.
***Atatürk University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Botanic, Erzurum, TURKEY.
°Corresponding Author

Summary:
Forty plant species in different family were collected from the Erzurum province of Turkey. The quantity of flavonoids in these samples were determined by UV-spectrophotometry. It was found that Compositae (0.07-1.14 %), Cruciferae (0.49-1.54 %), Polygonaceae (2.17 %), Leguminosae (0.48-2.07 %) and Rubiaceae (0.08-1.55 %) were superior to other researched plant family.

Key words:
Flavonaid content, UV spectrophotometry.