POLYFUNKTIC VEGETABLE DYES – A NEW PRODUCT IN THE MARKET OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The article gives a description of vegetable dyes present in nature, most of which due to the complexity and specificity of their chemical structure, possess polyfunctional properties and can simultaneously be used in several industries. As the world experience shows, these dyes are most often used in the pharmaceutical, food, textile, chemical and perfumery&cosmetics industries. In Ukraine, these dyes are widespread throughout the country and are grown and harvested as vegetable technical raw materials in specialized agricultural state and private farms, as well as in the forestry sector (especially in the Carpathians). Traditionally, harvesting and primary processing of the named raw materials are conducted by the procurement companies of the Central Union of Consumer Societies of Ukraine (COOP). Further research should be aimed at the search for new and selection among the existing range of polyfunctional vegetable dyes of the most еffective types for textile production, dyeing by which is economically and environmentally beneficial and technically feasible.