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Volume 5, Issue 10: Special Issue
(EJAR)
ISSN: 2181-2020
MPHAPP
THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL
CONFERENCE
“
MODERN PHARMACEUTICS: ACTUAL
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
”
TASHKENT, OCTOBER 17, 2025
in-academy.uz
MACROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE COMMON SELF-HEAL (PRUNELLA
VULGARIS L.)
Nurullaeva D.Kh.
Farmanova N.T.
Khalilullaev M.U.
Tashkent Pharmaceutical Institute, Tashkent city, Republic of Uzbekistan
e-mail: murodillatfit@gmail.com
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17335451
Relevance:
Common self-heal (Prunella vulgaris L.) is a promising medicinal plant used in
folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory, antihistamine, antibacterial, and antifungal agent. In light of
the growing interest in herbal preparations, the study of morphological characteristics of the above-
ground parts of this species growing in the Republic of Uzbekistan is of particular importance.
The purpose
of this study is to study the macroscopic morphological features of the above-
ground part of common self-heal growing in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Materials and methods:
The object of the research work was the herb of medicinal self-heal.
The raw materials were harvested in June-July 2022 in natural areas around the Chimgan district,
following generally accepted rules for harvesting, primary processing, drying, and storage of
medicinal plant raw materials. The analysis included visual study of the external morphological
characteristics of raw materials: shape, size, color, stem texture, and leaves. Macroscopic examination
was conducted in accordance with the methodological recommendations of the State Pharmacopoeia
of the Republic of Uzbekistan (I-edition).
Fig. 1. Raw materials of the common self-heal (Prunella vulgaris l.).:
A - whole raw
material,
B - leaf, C - flower.
Designations
- A: 1 - petiole; 2 - leaf plate; 3 - flower.
Results and Discussions:
Morphological analysis of whole leaves, flowers, and stem of
common blackthorn showed that the size of the studied leaves ranged from 4 to 7 cm (Figures 1 and
2). Leaves are simple, petiolate, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, with a wedge-shaped base and a blunt
apex. Upper leaves sessile, serrated. The stem is quadrangular, ascending, reddish, glabrous in the
lower part, scattered-pilose along the ribs in the middle, and whitish-hairy at the apex. The flowers
are small, ranging from red-violet to dark-violet, and are gathered in dense, spike-like or capitate
inflorescences. Flowers on short pedicels in false whorls 2-4 cm long, bisexual, sometimes with
underdeveloped pollen.
Conclusions:
Macroscopic examination of the above-ground part of common bunt (Prunella
vulgaris L.) made it possible to identify diagnostic features important for the pharmacognostic
identification of raw materials. The obtained data can be used in the development of quality standards
for medicinal plant raw materials.
