Фітотерапія в епоху глобальних викликів: труднощі, перспективи, шляхи подолання (огляд літератури).

Abstract

Phytomedicines have good therapeutic potential and a specific niche for application. Current global and Ukrainian marketing trends indicate favorable conditions for the development of the field, but at the background of global societal challenges and the lack of a state strategy for supporting and developing the industry, the risks of its decline and the reduction of the quality of medicinal plant raw materials are increasing. Ecological factors that may have ambiguous effects on the development of phytotherapy were analyzed, and potential directions for improving the quality of products through the consideration of chronobotany aspects were discussed. These aspects include studying circadian, lunar, and seasonal rhythms of plants, which are the result of physiological process cycles and manifest as fluctuations in active metabolites.