Изучение содержания химических элементов в лекарственных растениях, принадлежащих болотному сообществу

Abstract

A study was conducted concerning the chemical elements in medicinal plants belonging to swamp communities. Plants were selected from the swamps of Russian Federation in the Tomsk Region and the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. Objects for the study were different parts of medicinal plants. Contents of 32 chemical elements in vegetation were determined with the aid of atomic emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma. Identified medicinal plants (or parts thereof) in which the highest concentrations of essential elements were found. Defined herbs (or parts thereof) in which the minimum and maximum observed concentration ratio of vital chemical elements having a synergistic or antagonistic effect were determined. The coefficients of the Pearson correlation between the content of most of the chemical elements in the different parts of herbs and of the concentrations of major chemical elements K-Na, Cr-Zn, Fe-Zn in the individual parts of the plant are sufficiently large (0.5 or more). The results may be useful in the study of life of medicinal plants and development of new drugs.