PLANT SPECIES USED IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS: USE IN OTHER DISEASES AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE PHILOGENETIC SYSTEM

Abstract

The article proposes approaches to identifying plant species that are potentially useful in pulmonary tuberculosis, and identifies, in accordance with the proposed approaches, the range of plant species that deserve the greatest attention in this regard. Based on information on the use of 2834 species of medicinal plants, using the methods of mathematical statistics (Student's criterion), an increased occurrence of plant species used for pulmonary tuberculosis is revealed in sets of species used for other infectious diseases, and in plant families. This kind of focus is hypothesized as a sign of useful applications. 51 infectious diseases were revealed, reliably associated with pulmonary tuberculosis through intersections of the sets of used plant species. Part of this group consists of diseases that are far from pulmonary tuberculosis in terms of symptoms - malaria, dysentery, hepatitis, dermatomycosis, syphilis, chickenpox, amoebic dysentery, leprosy, etc. In 10 plant families (Polygalaceae, Dipsacaceae, Plantaginaceae, Pinaceae, Trilliaceae, Urticaceae, Urticaceae, Violaceae, Betulaceae, Araceae, Scrophulariaceae), the occurrence of species with use in pulmonary tuberculosis is significantly increased. A ranked list of 55 plant species promising for usefulness in pulmonary tuberculosis has been compiled.