NEW IMPROVEMENTS IN PLANT QUALITY OF ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA L. AS A CROP SPECIES OF FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL INTEREST

Angelica archangelica L. is a medicinal plant species with a real continuously developing potential for its use in homeopathy and food industry for future. The species is known and cultivated since ancient times for treating certain diseases. In the last century active chemical compounds of pharmace...

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Main Authors: Camelia SAVA SAND, Maria-Mihaela ANTOFIE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest 2016-01-01
Series:Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
Online Access:https://managementjournal.usamv.ro/pdf/vol.16_1/Art74.pdf
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Summary:Angelica archangelica L. is a medicinal plant species with a real continuously developing potential for its use in homeopathy and food industry for future. The species is known and cultivated since ancient times for treating certain diseases. In the last century active chemical compounds of pharmaceutical importance have been described and lately more and more European countries are using this plant in the food industry as such or as food ingredient. The scope of this article is to evaluate agricultural practices for improving canopy production in angelica 'De Cristian’ population, originating from the wild and collected in Brasov area during 1990. A distance between rows of 80 cm is ideal for this species cultivation as a crop plant in similar agro-ecosystems in South East Transylvania.
ISSN:2284-7995
2285-3952