Amino Acid Fund of Tissues of Medicinal Leeches Hirudo Medicinalis L. 1758 and Hirudo Verbana Carena, 1820 Grown in Artificial Conditions of Regional Biofactories in Russia (Value for Hirudofarmacotherapy)

Chernaya L.V., Kovalchuk L.A., Nokhrina E.S., Nikonov G.I., Degunets G.V., Degunets M.P.

Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation; Regional Children's Clinical Hospital № 1, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation; ZAO «International Medical Leech Centre», Udelnaya pos., Moscow, Russian Federation; OOO «Unitek», Barnaul, Russian Federation

Abstract. The content of free amino acids (AA) in the tissues of two species of medicinal leeches, Hirudo medicinalis and Hirudo verbana, grown in artificial conditions of regional biofactories in Russia were studied.

Keywords: hirudofarmacotherapy, medicinal leeches, tissue homogenates, free amino acids

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Authors
Chernaya Liudmila V., e-mail:chernaya_lv@mail.ru
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences
PhD, Senior Researcher
8 Marta Str., 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144 Russian Federation

Kovalchuk Liudmila A., e-mail:kovalchuk@ipae.uran.ru
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher

Nokhrina Ekaterina S., e-mail:knopka-k@mail.ru
Regional Children's Clinical Hospital № 1, PhD, doctor cytogeneticist
S.Deryabinoy Str., 32, Yekaterinburg, 620149 Russian Federation

Nikonov Gennady I., e-mail: leech@orc.ru
«International Medical Leech Centre», Doctor of Biological Sciences, General Director
Oktabrskaya street, 40, Udelnaya pos., Moscow 140140, Russian Federation

Degunets Galina V., e-mail: unitek2004@mail.ru
OOO «Unitek», Chief medical officer
Ostrovsky street, 43, Barnaul, 656050 Russian Federation

Degunets Mihail P., e-mail: unitek2004@mail.ru
OOO «Unitek», General Director