Abstract: “first established mineral composition Calligonum aphyllum (Pall.) Guerke. in the ash residue of a plant, represented by 43 elements in aboveground and root parts by application of spectrometry method with inductevly coupled plasma. Content of heavy metals is within allowable limits.”

Keywords: Calligonum aphyllum (Pall.) Guerke., mineral composition, MAC (maximum allowable concentration), heavy metals, metnod of spectrometry with inductively-coupled plasma.