The possibility of using new varieties of essential oil plants in medicinal plant production

Oksana Shevchuk,Nadezhda Bakova,Anna Suslova,Dmitry Konovalov,Valeriya Orobinskaya,S Knyazev,M Tsoy,O Loretts,O Panfilova,V Kukhar

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202125406010

Oksana Shevchuk, Nadezhda Bakova + Show 8 more

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https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202125406010

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The collection of plants grown in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden is an inexhaustible source of plant resources. One such resource species is Thymus vulgaris L. Being a perennial, the species is traditionally used as an aromatic, essential oil and medicinal plant. Thyme herb is described as a medicinal raw material in many pharmacopoeias. Essential oil and phenolic compounds, which are considered the main active ingredients of this raw material, are a source of antiviral, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and other therapeutically significant activities of drugs created on its basis. The purpose of the presented research was to study the essential oil and develop some indicators of the quality of raw materials (herbs) of the new essential oil variety Thymus vulgaris cv. ‘Fantasiya’ cultivated in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. As a result of the study, it was found that this variety of thyme allows to get 40 kg of essential oil per hectare, with a high content of the main components - thymol and carvacrol. Some indicators of the raw materials quality, as well as the qualitative composition of the essential oil and the quantitative content of the components identified in it, were determined.

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The plant collection of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden (NBG) contains more than 240 plant species that characterize the vegetation of different regions of the world
As a result of the study, it was found that this variety of thyme allows to get 40 kg of essential oil per hectare, with a high content of the main components - thymol and carvacrol
OFS 1.2.2.2.0013.15 - Total ash; OFS 1.5.3.0006.15 - Determination of the content of extractive substances in medicinal plant raw materials and medicinal plant preparations; OFS 1.5.3.0007.15 - Determination of moisture content of medicinal plant raw materials and medicinal plant preparations; OFS 1.5.3.0010.15 - Determination of the essential oil content in medicinal plant raw materials and medicinal plant preparations; FS.2.5.0097.18 - Thyme herb; The determination of essential oil in fresh and dried thyme herb was carried out using the Ginsberg device, in accordance with the requirements of the SF XIII edition [14] in 2019-2020

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The plant collection of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden (NBG) contains more than 240 plant species that characterize the vegetation of different regions of the world. The collection of plant material for the creation of a collection of species of this genus was carried out by expedition trips to the Crimea, Transcaucasia, as well as by seeds extracting for delectus from various botanical gardens of the world [2]. The gene pool collection of the genus Thymus L. in the NBG includes 32 samples of the following species: Th. comosus, Th. kotschyanus, Th. mastichina, Th. nitens, Th. pulegioides, Th. richardii, Th. roegneri, Th. serpyllum, Th. striatus, Th. vulgaris, which differ significantly in the complex of economically useful traits and are adapted to different habitat conditions

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