STUDY OF THE CONTENT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MACRO- AND MICROELEMENTS IN PLANT RAW MATERIALS SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS GEORGI AND SCUTELLARIA GALERICULATA L., GROWING ON THE TERRITORY OF THE ASTRAKHAN REGION

Abstract

Background. The expansion of the use of herbal medicine as a component of the complex treatment of diseases has led to the development of scientific and practical interest in the study of the chemical composition of plant materials. The high content of a wide range of biogenic elements in unofficial natural raw materials makes it possible to expand the raw material base of cultivated plant raw materials for medical purposes.
 Purpose. It consists in determining the content of biogenic elements of different morphological parts (grass and roots with rhizomes) in the plant material of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Scutellaria galericulata L.
 Materials and methods. The basis for the study was the method of atomic emission spectrophotometry, which makes it possible to study a wide range of chemical elements in plant materials. Grass and rhizomes with roots Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Scutellaria galericulata L., cultivated in the Astrakhan region, were selected as the subject of the study. Statistical processing of the study results was performed using the STATISTICA software package.
 Results. As a result of an experimental study, it was found that the greatest amount of biogenic elements is contained in the roots and rhizomes of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Scutellaria galericulata L. The content of biogenic elements in plant materials significantly exceeds their daily requirement for humans.
 Conclusion. The study revealed the prospects for further study and introduction into medical practice of raw materials Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Scutellaria galericulata L., since this raw material has a high content of macro- and microelements.