REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GENUS THYMUS L. - A PERSPECTIVE SOURCE OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES OF SOME SPECIES OF THYMUS L
In Kazakhstan its own pharmaceutical industry is at the development stage, and the issue of creating its sustainable raw material base is acute. Many official medicinal plant species grow on the territory of Kazakhstan [1]. Flora of Kazakhstan (F7 volume) has more than 136 species of thyme, 27 of them grow in Central Kazakhstan [2]. The greatest interest of researchers is drawn to the composition of essential oils of representatives of this genus, in this regard some species of thyme remain poorly understood to this day [3].