INFLUENCE OF THE LEVEL OF SOIL POLLUTION WITH HEAVY METALS ON THE INTENSITY OF ACCUMULATION OF THEIR IN LEAVES MILK THISTLE (SÍLYBUM MARIÁNUM)

Abstract

The intensity of heavy metal contamination leaves of milk thistle grown under conditions of field crop rotation of intensive agriculture and on non-cultivated natural lands of the forest steppe of the right bank was studied. Among the plants that have found their application in medicine, medicinal plants in Ukraine are considered to be almost 250 species, including 150 - for traditional medicine, the rest are used only in folk medicine. Traditionally, about 100 species are harvested, of which, on a large scale, 40 to 50 species. Possibilities of application of medicinal plants are quite significant. The efficacy and safety of herbal preparations can be used in long-term treatment of patients of different age groups. As a medicinal plant of milk thistle (Sílybum Mariánum) has been used since ancient times, it is the source of exceptional therapeutic ingredients that play a positive role in the treatment of liver disease. Practical value in the structure of the crop of this plant have the fruits, although in folk medicine also use juice from grass and root. Milk thistle is known and as a food plant, has a forage value, in beekeeping is defined as a fairly good honey plant. Milk thistle grass is used as green fertilizer and for bookmarking compost. According to the results of the conducted researches, it was found that in the leaf of thistle spotted crops grown in conditions of field crop rotation intensive farming, a higher concentration of Pb was observed in 1.66 times, Cd - 1.05 times, Cu - 1.56 times, Zn - in 1.34 times compared with similar raw materials obtained in conditions of non-cultivated natural lands.