ANALYSIS OF THE PRODUCTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN UKRAIN

Palianychko N.I., Olkhovych S.Ya. and Krokhtiak О.
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Palianychko N.I.: National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine
Krokhtiak О.: Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS

Balanced Nature Using, 2019, vol. 8, issue 2, 81-88

Abstract: This article analyzes the status of producing medicinal plant raw materials in Ukraine. The efficiency of using phyto diversity of the flora for medical purposes in our country is one of the highest in the world. The most common medicinal plants are valerian, dog rose, tricolor violet, salvia, dandelion, oregano, lesser periwinkle, wild strawberry, chamomile, etc. The following areas are favorable for growing and collecting medicinal raw materials: Carpathian, Forest-Steppe, Polissya, unfavorable — Steppe zone. Due to unfavorable weather conditions during 2006–2016 the preparation of medicinal raw materials decreased in 5.5 times. The largest companies that relared to medicinal plant materials are: LLC Fitosvit LTD (growing and selling medicinal herbs and plants in bulk), CJSC Liktravy (Zhytomyr) (producing phytopreparations and phytoteas), OJSC Halychpharm (producing finished medicines on the basis of herbal raw material extraction), Sumyfitofarmacia (growing, collection, processing, production and supply of raw materials for tea). The largest enterprises of growing medicinal plant raw materials are geographically located in Poltava, Kherson, Rivne, Odessa, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Donetsk regions.

Keywords: medicinal plants; plant raw materials; sowing acreage; production amounts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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