DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF PATRINIA RUPESTRIS LEAVES

Abstract

The research work is devoted to the study of macro-and microscopic diagnostic features of patrinia rupestris raw material. Methods. Raw materials were the dried leaves of P. rupestris. The work investigated the leaf drugs from the surface, in accordance with conventional techniques using microscope Axio Scope A1 as well as formation system and Axio Vision 4.7.2 image analysis. Results. Typical diagnostic features of P. rupestris leaves are: singlerow combined epidermis, the ratio of the longitudinal and transverse dimensions of its cells, anomocyte type of stomata complex on the abaxial side, bicellular pachypleurous cone-shaped hairs with wartlike cuticle rugosity, idioblast. Conclusions. The study reveals a number of macro- and microscopic diagnostic features for raw P. rupestris. Some have high variability, while others are stable and allow to determine conclusively the originality of herbal raw materials used.