MODERN DİRECTİONS OF SEARCHING FOR PROMİSİNG WİLD PLANTS OF THE FLORA OF AZERBAİJAN AND THEİR USE İN PHARMACEUTİCAL PRODUCTİON

The Republic of Azerbaijan is located in one of the regions of the world with the richest veg-etation cover – the Caucasus. The country's territory is geographically divided into 25 geobotan-ical regions. According to the latest data, more than 5.000 species of plants are found on the ter-ritory of Azerbaijan. The purpose of this article is to study the prospects for the use of wild plants in the field of pharmacy, analyze them by species and genera, and identify scientific di-rections for future researchers. Recently, the demand for vegetable raw materials on the world market has been constantly increasing. With this in mind, based on the book "Flora of Azerbaijan", 191 genera and 1075 species of plants belonging to 61 families have been identified, promising for study in the phar-macognostic aspect. As a result of studying promising plant species, new natural sources of bio-logically active compounds will be discovered and effective medicines based on them will be created. Plant raw materials for industrial production and export will be identified, as well as new officinal medicinal plants will be discovered. Based on the results of studying the chemical composition of plants, chemotaxonomic patterns for the corresponding genera and species will be determined. By determining the distribution areas and raw materials of wild medicinal plants and recording the results on maps, the book "Atlas of areas and reserves of raw materials of wild medicinal plants of the Republic of Azerbaijan" will be published. The study and use of waste generated in areas where plant raw materials are used will help support the country's economy and improve the environmental situation of the region.