Management and Assessment of Medicinal Plants from Spontaneous Flora in the Republic of Moldova

Abstract

The usage of local plants in medicine is a prospective and economically important direction. Flora of the Republic of Moldova includes a vast diversity of species with the opportunity of being applied in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, infections, oncology, etc. But, for their exploitation it is necessary to apply modern technologies of research, which generate new knowledge for the rational breeding of medical plants, extraction of pharmacologic substances, and drug production, also determining the economic potential of their application for SMEs in the country.