STUDY OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICITIES AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE KOLCHIC FLAX

Abstract

Flax is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the genus - Linum L. (family - Linaceae L.). Kolchic flax has been cultivated in Georgia since ancient times and has been used to manufacture high-quality fabric and ware. It was also broadly used in folk medicine. Currently, this culture is almost not produced.The research aimed to study the ontogenetic cycle of the Kolchic flax in the west Georgia - Ajara, and Samegrelo, namely in Kobuleti and Zugdidi. As a result of the research conducted, emergence, growth, ramification, budding, flowering, fruit formation, and seed maturation stages were studied in the Kolchic flax and the Common flax (comparatively) in Kobuleti and Kolchic flax in Zugdidi.The total process of vegetative-generative development of flax plants lasts 95-120 days on average. We studied the chemical composition of the surface parts of Kolchic flax by thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS). Chemical studies have identified the following phenolic compounds in Colchic flax grass: rutin, quercetin-3-0-glucoside, quercetin-3-0-rhamnoside, apigenin-7-0-rhamnose, isorhamnetin and caffeic acid products.