Abstract
Many plants in nature are rich in phenolic compounds and have natural antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Therefore, plants have started to gain importance in the biotechnological field and are preferred as alternative sources for the treatment of chronic diseases. Today, it is thought that herbs with antidiabetic properties can be used in the treatment of diabetes, which is an important health problem. Because of this feature, plants have become the focus of researchers in recent years. It is thought that the mistletoe (Viscum album), which is one of these plants and used in the treatment of many diseases, can also be effective for the treatment of diabetes. For this reason, in this study, phenolic and flavonoid substance, antioxidant capacity, antimicrobial activity and enzyme inhibition activity of extracts prepared with three different solvents (chloroform, acetone, ethanol) of mistletoe grown on pear tree collected from Artvin Arhavi region were investigated. When the results obtained from the study are taken into consideration, it can be said that the mistletoe plant, which has a high biological activity today, has a potential of use in the pharmaceutical industry.