CICHORIUM INTYBUS L., GROWING ON THE TERRITORY OF THE ORENBURG REGION: RESOURCES AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY OF RAW MATERIALS
The article describes the results of the resource and phytochemical analysis of Cichorium intybus L. growing in the Orenburg region. It is shown that the most productive chicory thickets were found in the Tulgansky region. It has been established that the maximum content of phenolic compounds sum and hydroxycinnamic acids sum is characteristic of Cichorium intybus L. growing in the Tulgansky region, while the maximum content of the total organic acids is characteristic of Cichorium intybus L. growing in the Ponomarevsky region, and the maximum content of ascorbic acid - of Cichorium intybus L. growing in the Buzuluksky region. Thus, taking in consideration the above, Cichorium intybus L. growing in the Orenburg region can be off ered as the source of biologically active substances (organic acids, phenol compounds).