Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) herb: microscopic analysis

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Introduction. Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) is a food plant. The fruits of which are used in official medicine. The medicinal plant herb contains flavonoids, polysaccharides, essential oils, amino acids, tannins and can be considered as a promising raw material source of medicinal plant for the production of phytosubstances and their introduction into official medicine. It is necessary to conduct research to establish the identification characteristics and good quality of raw materials.

Objective: to study the anatomical and diagnostic features of the dill herb as identification characteristics.

Material and methods. The object of the study was the dried dill herb, cultivated on the territory of the Moscow region. Anatomical study of the raw materials was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Russian Federation’ State Pharmacopoeia 14th edition (RF SP-14) by the method of light and luminescent microscopy.

Results. Microdiagnostic signs of dill herb (leaf, petiole, stem) such as diacytic stomatal complex, vitta with essential oils, papillary outgrowths of the leaf, open collateral bundles with sclerenchymal lining, spiral and reticular type vessels were established.

Conclusion. New data on the anatomical structure of the Anethum graveolens L. herb was obtained as a result of microscopic analysis.

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Tatiana Yurуevna Kovaleva

The First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Author for correspondence.
Email: kovaleva_t_yu@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5961-9030

PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Pharmaceutical Natural Sciences Department of the First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Russian Federation, Trubetskaya street, 8/2, Moscow, 119992

Ekaterina Vyacheslavovna Sergunova

The First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Email: sergunova_e_v@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7194-5525

Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor at the Pharmaceutical Natural Sciences Department of the First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Russian Federation, Trubetskaya street, 8/2, Moscow, 119992

Ekaterina Anatolуevna Dorovskikh

The First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Email: dorovskikh_e_a@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2741-1796

PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Senior Lecturer at the Pharmaceutical Natural Sciences Department of the First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Russian Federation, Trubetskaya street, 8/2, Moscow, 119992

Svetlana Viktorovna Chernova

The First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Email: chernova_s_v@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5181-4547

PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Chemistry named after A.P. Arzamastsev of First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Russian Federation, Trubetskaya street, 8/2, Moscow, 119992

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2. Fig. 1. Epidermis of the upper side of the leaf, ×600. 1– Diacytic stomatal complex

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3. Fig. 2. Epidermis of the lower side of the leaf, ×400. 1 – Diacytic stomatal complex; 2 – Anomocytic stomatal complex

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4. Fig. 3. The leaf tip, ×400. 1 – The acuminate papillary outgrowths

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5. Fig. 4. 1 – The palisade tissue of the leaf mesophyll, ×400

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6. Fig. 5. Cross section of petiole, ×40. 1 – Epidermis; 2 – Palisade tissue; 3 – Angular collenchyma; 4 – Fibrovascular bundle (xylem, phloem, cambium); 5 – Sclerenchyma; 6 – Essential-oil vitta; 7 – Parenchyma cells

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7. Fig. 6. Cross section of petiole, ×100. 1 – Epidermis; 2 – Palisade tissue; 3 – Angular collenchyma; 4 – Fibrovascular bundle (xylem, phloem, cambium); 5 – Sclerenchyma; 6 – Essential-oil vitta; 7 – Parenchyma cells

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8. Fig. 7. Cross section of petiole, ×400. 1 – Epidermis; 2 – Palisade tissue; 3 – Angular collenchyma; 4 – Parenchyma cells

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9. Fig. 8. Cross section of petiole, ×400. 1 – Phloem of fibrovascular bundle; 2 – Sclerenchyma; 3 – Essential-oil vitta; 4 – Angular collenchyma; 5 – Parenchyma cells

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10. Fig. 9. Cross section of petiole, ×200, luminescence microscope. 1 – Epidermis; 2 – Palisade tissue; 3 – Angular collenchyma; 4 – Fibrovascular bundle (xylem, phloem, cambium); 5 – Sclerenchyma; 6 – Essential-oil vitta; 7 – Parenchyma cells

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11. Fig. 10. Stem epidermis, ×100. 1 – Diacytic stomatal complex

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12. Fig. 11. Pitted (1), netted (2), spiral (3) vessels, ×400

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13. Fig. 12. Cross section of stem, ×40. 1 – Epidermis; 2 – Palisade tissue; 3 – Angular collenchyma; 4 – Fibrovascular bundle (xylem, phloem, cambium); 5 – Sclerenchyma; 6 – Essential-oil vitta; 7 – Parenchyma cells

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14. Fig. 13. Cross section of stem, ×100. 1 – Epidermis; 2 – Palisade tissue; 3 – Angular collenchyma; 4 – Fibrovascular bundle (xylem, phloem, cambium); 5 – Sclerenchyma; 6 – Essential-oil vitta; 7 – Parenchyma cells

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