Medicinal herbs: From past experience to new technologies

Medicinal (aromatic) plants (MAPs) are playing an important role for the solution to WHO problem ‘Health for everyone in 21st Century’. The aim of study is to review the research in herbalism from archival material to recent research in Lithuania. The presentation will focus on recent and present research projects carried out [1] [2]. Currently, innovative technologies, programs and methodologies are being applied to the research. All the ongoing activities can be classified into fundamental and applied research. Fundamental research includes development of new separation and analysis methods, materials and apparatus [3]. Applied research includes downstream biotechnology and analytical method applications for revealing qualitative and quantitative composition of the MAPs and matrices, industrial, pharmaceutical and food products and investigation of applicability of plant extracts and their fractions for the suppression and control of viruses from animal environment. Several approaches to increase food safety and quality using medicinal plant-based biotechnologies will be presented.

The research has been carried out on the basis of various national and international projects and correspond to European and Lithuanian scientific research and experimental development priorities.

• References

• 1 Balčiūnaitė G. et al. Identification of Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench root LysM lectin with nephrotoxic properties//Toxins., 2020; Vol. 12, iss. 2, 1-18
• 2 Lelešius R.. et al. In vitro antiviral activity of fifteen plant extracts against avian infectious bronchitis virus/. BMC Veterinary Research 2019; 15: 178
• 3 Penkauskienė E, Rimkienė S.. Ecological and biological characteristics of wild and cultivated sorts of officinal plants of Lithuania. Monograph. Vilnius 1991; 177

Publication History

Article published online:
16 November 2023