ASCORBIC ACID CONTENT AS AN INFORMATION INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENT MONITORING IN LARGE INDUSTRIAL CENTERS (ON THE PATTERN OF THE CITY OF ORENBURG)
It is pointed out that the problem of finding new practical approaches and test systems, allowing full information on the range of technogenic impact on plant associations to be obtained in short terms, has become very urgent today. In this aspect, it would be most prospective to utilize the content of physiologically active compounds, the ascorbic acid including, that are capable of exerting diversified influence on physiological processes, as indicators of environment pollution.