Leaf Anatomical Features of Juniperus oxycedrus, Aloe vera and Smilax excelsa used in psoriasis

Year 2017, Volume: 21 Issue: 3, 461 - 470, 24.04.2017

Mine Koçyiğit , Kübra Tümer

https://doi.org/10.12991/marupj.307971

Abstract

Psoriasis is a chronic, noncommunicable inflammatory disease

characterized by shiny, pearlescent-white scales embedded

on papules and erythematous plaques. Because of the color

of the squamouses, it is popularly known as ‘Psoriasis’. In this

study leaf anatomies of three plants (Juniperus oxycedrus L.

(Cupressaceae), Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. (Xanthorrhoeaceae), and

Smilax excelsa L. (Smilacaceae) were investigated among the

plants used in psoriasis in Turkey. In psoriasis, a fatty substance

called juniper tar obtained from the branches of Juniperus

oxycedrus, a gel stored in the parenchyma at the center of the

leaf of the Aloe vera, and roots of the Smilax excelsa are used.

Photographs of leaf cross-sections and superficial cross-sections

of the three plants are presented. Stomatal index were calculated

for the first time in this study.

Keywords

Psoriasis, Juniperus, Aloe, Smilax, leaf anatomy, Turkey

Sedef Hastalığında kullanılan Aloe vera, Smilax excelsa ve Juniperus oxycedrus Bitkilerinin Yaprak Anatomik Özellikleri

Abstract

Sedef hastalığı-psöriazis (psoriazis), keskin sınırlı, eritemli plak

veya papüller üzerinde yerleşmiş parlak, sedefi-beyaz pullarla

karakterize, kronik seyirli, bulaşıcı olmayan inflamatuvar bir

hastalıktır. Pulların renginden dolayı halk arasında ‘Sedef

Hastalığı’ olarak bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmada Türkiye’de halk

arasında sedef hastalığında kullanılan bitkilerden üçünün

(Juniperus oxycedrus L. (Cupressaceae), Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.

(Xanthorrhoeaceae) ve Smilax excelsa L. (Smilacaceae)

yaprak anatomileri incelenmiştir. Sedef hastalığında Juniperus

oxycedrus’un dallarından elde edilen Ardıç katranı denilen yağlı

madde, Aloe vera bitkisinin yaprağının merkezinde parankima

içinde depolanan jeli, Smilax excelsa bitkisinin ise kökleri

kullanılmaktadır. Bu üç bitkiye ait yaprak enine kesitleri ve

yüzeysel kesitlerinin fotoğrafları sunulmuştur. Stoma indeksleri

ilk kez bu çalışmada hesaplanmıştır.

Keywords

Sedef Hastalığı, Juniperus, Aloe, Smilax, yaprak anatomisi, Türkiye

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