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Volume 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 22-28
a
Department of Pharmacognosy, Pyatigorsk Medical and Pharmaceutical
Institute, Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, Kalinina 11,
Pyatigorsk, Russian Federation
b Department of Phytochemistry, State Scientific Institution, All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Medicinal, Grin Str. 7, Moscow, Russian Federation
b Department of Phytochemistry, State Scientific Institution, All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Medicinal, Grin Str. 7, Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract
Introduction: Finding
sources of drugs among the species of genus Onosma of the local fl ora
is actual direction. Many of the species of genus Onosma are weeds, some
live exclusively on dry sandy or rocky slopes. Many of the species of
genus Onosma have used in ethnopharmacology
as anti-infl ammatory, analgesic, and wound health remedies. The
purpose of this research is morphological and anatomical study of herbs
of Onosma caucasica Levin. ex M. Pop. and Onosma sericea Willd.
(Boraginaceae). Materials and Methods: The objects of the study were
collected in North Caucasus (Russia)
in June 2011. Materials morphological study herbarium specimens were
stored in the herbarium fund the Department of Botany (acronym PGFA).
Materials micromorphological study were temporary slides are the leaf,
stem and fl owers. Results: The morphological results were compared with
the Flora of the USSR. Anatomical characters of leaves and stems of the
species were observed to be similar to the usual features of
Boraginaceae anatomy. All results are supported by photographs. The
nature of trichomes on the leaf blade has a major diagnostic value in
determining the authenticity of herbs the studied species. Conclusion:
The severity of downy leaf blade and the corolla, and the structure of
the hair can reliably identify this type of raw material and serve as
the basis for the development of the regulatory documentation for its
standardization.
Author keywords
Anatomy; Boraginaceae; Morphology; Onosma
Indexed keywords
EMTREE medical terms: Article; Boraginaceae;
comparative study; flower; herb; leaf lamina; micromorphology; nonhuman;
Onosma caucasica; Onosma sericea; plant stem; Russian Federation;
trichome; USSR
