[Chemical composition and microstructural peculiarities of overground and underground vegetative organs of field restharrow (Ononis arvensis L.)].

The paper presents the results of the study of anatomy and chemical composition of Field Restharrow (Ononis arvensis L.). The existence of triterpene alcohol α-onocerin and isoflavons in the overground organs of the plant is established by chemical analysis.

Poly[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)glyceric acid] from Anchusa italica roots.

Elucidation of the main structural unit of a water-soluble, high-molecular weight preparation from the crude polysaccharides of Anchusa italica Retz. roots has been carried out. According to 13C NMR, 1H NMR and 2D heteronuclear 1H/13C HSQC spectral data, the main structural element of the high-molecular, water-soluble preparation was a regularly substituted polyoxyethylene chain, namely poly[oxy-1-carboxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethylene].

Botanical geographical aspects of plants cultivated in Medea's garden of medical plants in Colchis.

The aim of the present work is to make a detailed investigation of the dissemination and dispersion of the plants which were cultivated in Medea's garden of medical plants in Colchis. It was found that the plants in the Medea's garden were highly heterogeneous from the point of plant geography. Plants from humid and arid Mediterranean basin, Near, Minor and East Asia zones were found in Medea's garden.