The Results of Exploration of Medicinal Plant Resources of Azerbaijan Flora

Information-analytical research of the nomenclature of medicinal plants of flora of Azerbaijan has been car-
ried out. 1547 herb species belonging to the 740 genera and 178 families have been revealed, the taxonomic,
biomorphological, ecological-geographical analysis, and also the analysis of the contents of the basic groups
of biologically active substances have been presented. Therapeutic properties of the medicinal plant species
and basic spectrum of diseases, and use in official or national medicine of these plant species has been de-
fined. Resources of some widespread plant species have been established, the content of chemicals were in-
vestigated and also antifungal and antivirus activity has been studied.