This process requires thoughtful integrated scientific approach, taking into account the economic and social feasibility of working with concrete unknown plant, its environmental and biological compatibility with local flora. Involvement in culture of wild useful species of plants from other climate latitudes can give a positive result, and at that, open new perspectives in development of pharmaceutical and other manufacturing industries. The goal is always to introduce new plants into industrial culture, fruit and vegetable farming, gardening.
Testing of new medicinal plants for the territory of Turkmenistan is of high economic efficiency. But, it is difficult to predict the behavior of the plant itself, will it retain or enhance its medicinal properties, whether can adapt to abrupt weather changes, give full fruits or seeds. Presently, numerous plants, including Stevia rebaudiana, which homeland is the mountainous regions of Paraguay and Brazil, are tested in the Botanical Garden of the Institute of Biology and Medicinal Plants of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan.
It has a unique taste and medicinal properties. For example, its leaves are sweeter than sugar by 10-15 times. Secret of sweetness is that the plant accumulates and contains a complex substance - stevioside, which is composed of glucose, steviol and other compounds. In pure form, Stevioside is sweeter than sugar by 300 times, but unlike the sugar it contains very little calories, does not increase blood glucose level, and has a slight antibacterial effect. Exactlt therefore, stevioside is considered to be the ideal sugar substitute for healthy people as well as for persons with diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disorders and other metabolic disorders. By the way, in its homeland, the plant leaves are simply added to tea or coffee.
Stevia prevents destruction of tooth enamel, stabilize cell membranes, improves metabolic processes in liver, and prevents the damage of skeletal system. Scientists have proved that the products of plant processing while using for a long time are absolutely harmless to human organism. There are no any negative effects. As a crop, stevia is cultivated more than 1500 years and emergence of Stevia on the market of industrially developed countries started with Japan, where the plant has been declared as national property.
The cultivation possibility of this valuable medicinal plant in Turkmenistan is very real. Stevia has been brought in Ashgabat in 2012 from India, and now, it is examined on the territory of uterine nursery of the garden in greenhouse conditions. In a year after sowing, it was noticed abundant flowering and seed formation. Scientists continue to examine the rare plant.
Testing of new medicinal plants for the territory of Turkmenistan is of high economic efficiency. But, it is difficult to predict the behavior of the plant itself, will it retain or enhance its medicinal properties, whether can adapt to abrupt weather changes, give full fruits or seeds. Presently, numerous plants, including Stevia rebaudiana, which homeland is the mountainous regions of Paraguay and Brazil, are tested in the Botanical Garden of the Institute of Biology and Medicinal Plants of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan.
It has a unique taste and medicinal properties. For example, its leaves are sweeter than sugar by 10-15 times. Secret of sweetness is that the plant accumulates and contains a complex substance - stevioside, which is composed of glucose, steviol and other compounds. In pure form, Stevioside is sweeter than sugar by 300 times, but unlike the sugar it contains very little calories, does not increase blood glucose level, and has a slight antibacterial effect. Exactlt therefore, stevioside is considered to be the ideal sugar substitute for healthy people as well as for persons with diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disorders and other metabolic disorders. By the way, in its homeland, the plant leaves are simply added to tea or coffee.
Stevia prevents destruction of tooth enamel, stabilize cell membranes, improves metabolic processes in liver, and prevents the damage of skeletal system. Scientists have proved that the products of plant processing while using for a long time are absolutely harmless to human organism. There are no any negative effects. As a crop, stevia is cultivated more than 1500 years and emergence of Stevia on the market of industrially developed countries started with Japan, where the plant has been declared as national property.
The cultivation possibility of this valuable medicinal plant in Turkmenistan is very real. Stevia has been brought in Ashgabat in 2012 from India, and now, it is examined on the territory of uterine nursery of the garden in greenhouse conditions. In a year after sowing, it was noticed abundant flowering and seed formation. Scientists continue to examine the rare plant.
