A.A. Reut - Ph.D. (Biol.), Research Scientist, Laboratory of Introduction and Selection of Flowering Plants, Federal State Institution of Science Botanical Garden-Institute, Ufa Scientific Center Russian Academy of Sciences (Ufa). E-mail: cvetok.79@mail.ru
L.N. Mironova - Ph.D. (Agric.), Head of the of the Laboratory of Introduction and Selection of Flowering Plants, Federal State Institution of Science Botanical Garden-Institute, Ufa Scientific Center Russian Academy of Sciences (Ufa)

The article presents materials on the content of amino acids, macro- and microelements in the roots, flowers, leaves and stems of some species of the genus Paeonia L. (P. hybrida Pall., P. tenuifolia L., P. anomala L., P. lactiflora Pall.). Established the presence of 14 amino acids, 7 of which are irreplaceable. The maximum accumulation of amino acids found in the stems and leaves. According to the total content of amino acids occupy the leading position P. tenuifolia and P. anomala. The maximum content of macro recorded in P. tenuifolia and P. lactiflora.