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CORANDER AS TRADİTİONAL FOOD: THEİR MEDİCİNAL BENEFİT AND BİOACTİVİTİES
Abstract
Medicinal and aromatic plants are collected from nature by people and are used as drug, food preservatives, flavor and appetizing since ancient times. One of these plants is coriander. Coriander which belong to Apiaceae family, is also called as “aşotu, kinzi, kişnit, yumurcak, kara kimyon and kuzbere” among the public. As alternative to traditional winter products, coriander is cultivated in İzmir, Denizli, Burdur, Erzurum, Mardin, Gaziantep and the provinces in the Central Black Sea region in our country. In the world, it is cultivated in Italy, India, Morocco, Russia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Mexico, U.S., Netherlands and Japan. Scientific name of coriander is Coriandrum sativum. It is a medicinal plant and the leaves of plant are used as pain reliever, sedative and strengthening. Fruits of plant has appetizing, the parasite reducer, carminative, digestive system regulator and diuretic properties. In addition, essential oils of the plants are used as a preservative in food and pharmaceutical products because of their bactericidal and fungicidal effects. In this study, it is provided to information about usage purpose and form, and especially antimicrobial effects of coriander which is one of the traditional products and widely consumed in our country
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Turkish
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Publication Date
November 1, 2012
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November 1, 2012
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Year 1970 Volume: 1 Number: 4