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TERAPII ALTERNATIVE ŞI COMPLEMENTARE
(HOMEOPATIE/FITOTERAPIE) Didactice din Facultatea
25-26 octombrie 2019, Constanţa - România de Farmacie Constanța

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE

COFFEA ARABICA SPECIES
Iacob Elena, Arcuş Mariana
“Ovidius”University of Constanta, Faculty of Pharmacy
ABSTRACT

The active principle of the species taken, Coffea arabica, caffeine has wide therapeutic uses, exercising its therapeutic properties in the
different devices and systems, within the human body. Currently, caffeine is part of several drugs, from different therapeutic classes.

INTRODUCTION

The species Coffea arabica L. is originating in the area of

Montana of S-E. It was originally grown by Arabs and its use
spread rapidly in the Arab world. It was introduced in
Europe by Venetians, from where it was spread to France,
England and other States. It is widely grown in Indonesia,
Sri Lanka, the Antile Islands, India, Celom, French Guyana,
Ethiopia, Brazil, Colombia, Yemen.
MATERIAL AND METHOD
RESULTS
The cross-section of the stem has highlighted the following structure: the
contour of the cross-section by the stem is unregularly polygonal costed,
with some more prominent ribs;
the epidermis has square or slightly elongated tangential cells with the wall
thickened and covered by a thin ribbed cuticule; the tectors are very rare.

The fresh plant of Coffea arabica was purchased from

Magnolia flower shop in Constanta. Being a tropical
species, we in the country cannot be acclimatized, which is
why they grow as an ornamental plant. The identification
was accompanished in the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical
Botany using our own flora field guides. The anatomical
study was conducted on transversal sections cut through
the root, stem and leaves.

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RESULTS

The cross-section through the root of the plantation of the

Coffea arabica highlighted: the primary bark of very large,
tangential elongated cells, the most profound layer of bark,
the endoderma, is distinguished by its roughly square cells;
at the central cylinder the structure is secondary; the . Transversal section of the
. Tectorial hair The transport
secondary free ring is much thinner than the secondary root
with pluricellular tissue of root
wood. base

CONCLUSIONS

The cross-section by root has revealed a primary bark composed of large, elongated cells with an endoderm composed of square cells and a
central cylinder with a free ring much thinner than the secondary wood.
The contour of the cross-section by the stalk is irregular, with some more prominent ribs.

REFERENCES Nr. poster

1.ARCUŞ M.,Botanică farmaeutică, vol I, Editura Muntenia, Constanta, 2006.
2.CIOCÎRLAN V.,Flora ilustrată a Romaniei,vol I, Editura Ceres, Bucureşti, 1988.
3.REVEN H.P., EVERT F.R.,EICHHORN E.S., Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers, INC, New Yark, 1987.