УДК 633.88: 631.5
Authors:
Anna Abramchuk – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Crop Production and Breeding, 620075, Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, Karla Libkhneta str., 42. E-mail:
Abstract. Highly effective medicinal plants used in diseases of the Central nervous system (CNS) include: dodging peony - Paeonia anomala L., Rhodiola rosea L.; maral root - Rhaponticum carthamoides Willd; Baikal skullcap - Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi; Echinacea purpurea Moench. To create therapeutic drugs, root systems are mainly used, in which chemicals with psychostimulating and adaptogenic effects (ecdysterone, inocosterone, sterols, rhodioloside and others) are found. They increase the overall resistance of the body, counteract stress. This group includes: maral root, Rhodiola rosea, Echinacea purpurea. In other plants, such as: skullcap Baikal, peony evading – the main active substances are flavonoids (baikalin, baikalein, vogonin), glycosides (scutellarin, salicin), used as a sedative and hypotensive agent.
Keywords: cultivated plants, biologically active substances, adaptogenic and sedative agents/
