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RESUME

Elena Palamarchuk, Liudmyla Svidenko, Olena Vergun
Medicinal Plants
One of the most famous and popular groups of plants is a medicinal that have been used from since
ancient times. They play important role in the human life as source of valuable biologically active
compounds and they are raw for using in traditional, folk and veterinary medicine. Because of
development of pharmacological industry, now a day many of medicinal plants have a status
neglected or less-used plants. Modern medicine offers to use preparations made from chemical
unnatural compounds. Excessive intake of chemical preparation can influence negative on human
or animal organism. It is known fact that use of natural compounds from medicinal plants has
longer action on body, but negative effect less comparing with chemical preparations. In this
connection, knowledge about natural sources of different groups of compounds are important for
improving quality of life without damage. Plant raw material of medicinal plants is rich of
antioxidants, compounds of phenolic nature (phenolic acids, polyphenols, flavonoids etc.), vitamins
(ascorbic acid, β-carotene, thiamin, vitamin E, D etc.), alkaloids, polysaccharides, essential oils (with
specific individual components), lipids, amino acids, glycosides etc. Water and alcoholic extracts of
medicinal plants can evince different positive effects such as antimicrobial, antifungal,
antispasmodic, anesthetic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant etc.
Preparation and uses of various combinations of medicinal plants (for example, teas) have positive
effect on organism. They can also use as resource for honey production, as aromatic, decorative or
even food plants. However, some of them should be used with careful.

In the present book there is a description of 33 forgotten, less known and less-used medicinal
species, which namely: Achillea millefolium L., Aerva lanata (L.) Juss., Althaea officinalis L., Ammi
visnaga (L.) Lam., Artemisia absinthium L., Artemisia dracunculus L., Artemisia vulgaris L., Astragalus
dasyanthus Pall., Bidens tripartita L., Digitalis lanata Ehrh., Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, Galega
officinalis L., Glaucium flavum Crantz., Glycyrrhiza glabra L., Hеlichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench,
Hyssopus ambiguus (Trautv.) lljin ex Prohorov & Lebel, Inula helenium L., Leonurus quinquelobatus
Gilib., Nepeta grandiflora M. Bieb., Ononis aragonensis Asso, Plantago major L., Plantago psyllium L.,
Rhodiola rhodantha (A.Gray) H.Jacobsen, Rubia tinctorum L., Sanguisorba officinalis L., Scutellaria
baicalensis Georgi., Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn., Stachys germanica L., Symphytum asperum
Lepech., Symphytum caucasicum M.Bieb., Symphytum officinale L., Thymus serpyllum L., Valeriana
officinalis L.
The purpose of the publication is to collect and systematize data about selected plants and offer
obtained information to all groups of farmers for the cultivation, distribution and uses these plants
for the preparing products that can improve human health and life. Many species can also be used
in organic farming. Proposed information contains morphological describing of plants, agricultural
characters, use in the folk and modern medicine, chemical content of plant raw material, and
additive biological characters and possibilities of other using.

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