Grytsyk A. Pharmacognostic research of the Gentian and Buckwheat family plants as of the perspective sources of the medical and profilactic (preventive) means.

The results of the systemic pharmacognostic research of the Gentian and Buckwheat family plants of the Ukrainian flora and the disclosure of perspective sources of the biologically active compounds are presented in the dissertation. Qualitative and quantitative content of the biologically active compounds in the raw material of the stud-ied species of plants is determined. It was established that the extracts of the Gentian and Rumex species are nontoxic, and they show their hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial actions. New medications were worked out – pills with the extract of the Gentiana asclepiadea herbs and the ointment with the extract of the Rumex alpinus rhizomes and roots, which are in the process of preclinical trial. The methods of receiving the herbal tincture “Rumex” and “Gentiana” were worked out. Gentian roots and the Rumex alpinus rhizomes and roots as well as phytospecies “Rumalin No.1” and “Rumalin No.2” are produced according to all technical rules and instruction,which were approved in Ukraine. Growing areas and raw materials inventory of the Gentian and Rumex species are determined, the possibility of cultivation of the the Rumex alpinus and the Gentiana asclepiadea is researched.