EUROMEDICA  Hanover 29-30  Mai 2006	Advanced methods of diagnosis, treatment and prophylactics
	European Academy of Natural Sciences, Hanover European Scientific Society, Hanover Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow

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Ever changing environmental status, uncontrolled collections of raw materials occurring in the nature, low concentration of active compounds and low quality of the raw material necessitate preservation, studying and cultivation of medicinal plants.

With this purpose, the Institute of Phytochemistry has compiled the collection accounting for over 80 species of medicinal plants including rare and endemic species for Kazakhstan, such as: Hypericum perforatum, Lavatera thuringiaca, Dictamnus Angustifolius G. Don., Ajania fruticulosa (Ledeb.) Poljak, Ziziphora Bungeana Zuz., Salsola collina Helichrysum arenarium L, Lavandula angustifolia, Salvia officinalis L., Antennaria dioica, etc. The collection of medicinal plants is constantly expanded by new species collected during expedition surveys and by the exchange with botanical gardens.

In the period from 1993 to 2005, the Institute has introduced and is currently cultivating commercial quantities of more than 20 species of medicinal plants.

For the past years, rich and diverse flora of Kazakhstan has been searched and studied for the plants that could be potential sources for new medical products derived from the domestic plant material.

Among new medicinal plants are the following: Artemisia glabelle Kar. et Kir – an endemic plant, plant source for the medicine “Arglabin” possessing marked anticancer activity; Salsola collina Pall.– plant source for the liver protecting preparation “Salsocollin” which is very effective in the treatment of different hepatitis forms, chronic diffusive lesions of the liver; Ajania fruticulosa (Ledeb.) Poljak – medicinal plant whose essential oil demonstrates high anti-tuberculosis effect.

Under the conditions of Central Kazakhstan, the species undergo all vegetation phases proving valuable yield of high quality plant material and seeds. Basic stages of cultivation technology have been developed. Irrigation and nutrition were observed to be the main restricting factors in the formation of the crops yield