PROSPECTIVITY OF INTRODUCTION OF SPECIES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN CONNECTION WITH ACCUMULATION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS
The study of the interrelation between the results of the introduction of species of medicinal plants into the climatic conditions of the Middle Ural and accumulation of various groups of biologically active compounds characteristic for these species showed that the average score of prospectivity of introduction was significantly greater in species able to accumulate ascorbic acid (vitamin C), carotenoids (provitamin A), coumarins, tannids. The species, which are able to accumulate ascorbic acid and carotenoids, were characterized with more intensive seed reproduction during introduction into the conditions of the Middle Ural. In species, which are able to accumulate ascorbic acid, coumarins and tannins, power of plant development (height of the plants, size of the shoots), resistance to adverse environmental factors, duration of existence in the collection were increased. It is unknown whether the identified relationships are of cause-and-effect nature; however, their study may have value for use in the work on plant introduction.