Ecological Study and Peroxidase Activity of Some Medical Plant (Asteraceae) Growth Wildly in Anbar Governorate – Iraq

Abstract

Seventeen genera of Asteraceae family were studied in the western regions of Iraq - Al-Anbar governorate in terms of environment and their spread in them, which was characterized by species that were more widespread and invasive in different environments such as Sonchus oleraceus, Taraxucum officinale and Lactuca serriole, and the species were widespread in dry areas far from residential areas. Which was characterized by dry clay or gravel soils such as Artemisia herba-alba and Achellia fragrantissima, and the peroxidase enzyme was extracted by phosphate buffer from the seeds of the studied plants, which gave a variation in the enzymatic activity values. Aizoon hispanicum plant, as it was 0.0023 units / ml. The values have a relationship with the plant environment, as the desert areas plants gave higher enzyme values.