ДИКОРАСТУЩИЕ МЯТЫ МОЛДОВЫ КАК ИСТОЧНИК АРОМАТИЧЕСКИХ И БИОЛОГИЧЕСКИ АКТИВНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ

ECOTIPURI DE MENTĂ DIN MOLDOVA CA SURSĂ DE SUBSTANŢE AROMATICE ŞI BIOLOGIC ACTIVE Au fost studiate 14 ecotipuri si hemorase de mentă, colectate din diferite regiuni ale Moldovei. Populaţiile studiate diferă atât prin ponderea de ulei eteric, cât si prin setul de terpenoizi ce-l sintetizează. Au fost evidenţiate forme de mentă ce pot servi ca surse de substanţe biologic active – mentol, linalool, carvonă, cetooxizi s.a. MINT ECOTYPES OF MOLDOVA AS A SOURCE OF AROMATIC AND BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES In our investigations of genus Mentha we have analyzed the essential oils of 14widely growing population of mint collected in some regions of Moldova. The essential oils showed the different chemical composition and some mints of Moldova are of interest because synthesize very important biologically active substances, such as linalool, linalilacetat, carvon, mentol, piperitenon oxid etc.