MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACERISTICS OF RHODODENDRON PONTICUM L. LEAVES.

The microstructural characteristics of the leaf of Rhododendron ponticum L., an alternative source of biologically active compounds - constituents of the antiherpetic ointment Rhodopes, were studied. The study resulted in the establishment of the sustainable diagnostic characteristics of Rh.

ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE STEMS AND LEAVES OF DAPHNE ALBOWIANA WORONOW EX POBED.

The aim of the study was to determine the stable diagnostic traits and the biological activity of the stems and leaves of Daphne albowiana Woronow ex Pobed., a plant native to Georgia. Biological assays of the methanol, chloroform and hexane extracts show the plant to possess cytotoxic and antioxidant activities, but no noteworthy antibacterial or antifungal activities.

[BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE ALKALOIDS FROM RHIZOMES WITH ROOTS OF VINCA HERBACEA WALDST. ET KIT, GROWING IN GEORGIA].

Roots and rhizomes of Vinca herbacea Waldst. et Kit, were collected during early flowering and fruiting. Рhenophases biologically active substances I and II were obtained by liquid-liquid extraction.

Anatomical and morphological description of Phellodendron lavallei Dode stem bark.

Phellodendron lavallei Dode (Rutaceae) is native to Japan. It was introduced in Georgia (Adjara) in 80th of XX century. In medicine the genus of Phellodendron Rupr.