CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ESSENTIAL OILS EXTRACTED FROM MEDICINAL PLANTS GROWING IN UZBEKISTAN

Abstract

The plant Helichrysum nuratavicum belongs to the Asteraceae family of the genus Helichrysum Mill., and has more than 500 species. In the flora of Uzbekistan there are 4 species of plants of the genus Helichrysum Mill.
Helichrysum nuratavicum is a perennial plant with a height of 5-35 cm, forming several vegetative shoots (3-6). The leaves are elongated lance late, bent down, their length is 1.5-2.5, width is 1-2 mm. Inflorescences have up to 20 flowers located on a stem densely covered with short white villi, of which 2-6 are shaped like an inverse cone or bell-shaped, 4-6 mm long, 3-4 mm wide. The plant reproduces mainly from seeds and roots. Helichrysum nuratavicum is found only in the Nurata botanical and geographical area of the Navoi region of Uzbekistan.