MINERAL AND AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF THE LEAVES OF MYRTHUS COMMUNIS L.
Journal: chemistry of plant raw material
Year: 2019

The homeland of Myrthus communis L. is Mediterranean region, in the countries of which its wild-growing and cultivated varieties grow. In the collection of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens – National Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences the economic-valuable and morphological features of nine cultivars of this species have been studied. The plant is considered as a promising industrial medicinal culture. Contamination of medicinal plants with heavy metals and other toxic elements i