Review

Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye

Volume: 6 Number: 3 December 26, 2025
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Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye

Abstract

Warts are considered as a public health problem because they are contagious and appear as lesions on the skin and mucosa after being infected with the virus. In the present, because treatments of the warts have not always healing and permanent effect, certain treatment has not been found yet. As a result of literature reviews, no study was found that consolidates the plants traditionally used in wart treatment. This review study aims to support the development of a definitive method for treating warts by analyzing these plants. In this study, the aim is to compile and analyze medicinal plants used for wart treatment in Türkiye, along with their usage information. For this purpose, systematic literature reviews of ethnobotanical studies published in the last twenty years in Türkiye were carried out. In total, 81 taxa belonging to 40 families were determined as being medicinal plants used to treatment of wart and the most cited plants was Ficus carica L. subsp. carica. Flavonoids, phenolic and terpenic compounds were the most common phytochemicals in these plants. Many of these medicinal plants using in treatment of warts have no chemical, pharmacological and toxicological studies.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Phytotherapy

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

December 26, 2025

Submission Date

July 23, 2024

Acceptance Date

March 10, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 6 Number: 3

APA
Küçük, B., & Melikoğlu, G. (2025). Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye. International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research, 6(3), 206-221. https://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1521225
AMA
1.Küçük B, Melikoğlu G. Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye. International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research. 2025;6(3):206-221. doi:10.53811/ijtcmr.1521225
Chicago
Küçük, Büşra, and Gülay Melikoğlu. 2025. “Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye”. International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research 6 (3): 206-21. https://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1521225.
EndNote
Küçük B, Melikoğlu G (December 1, 2025) Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye. International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research 6 3 206–221.
IEEE
[1]B. Küçük and G. Melikoğlu, “Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye”, International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 206–221, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.53811/ijtcmr.1521225.
ISNAD
Küçük, Büşra - Melikoğlu, Gülay. “Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye”. International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research 6/3 (December 1, 2025): 206-221. https://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1521225.
JAMA
1.Küçük B, Melikoğlu G. Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye. International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research. 2025;6:206–221.
MLA
Küçük, Büşra, and Gülay Melikoğlu. “Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye”. International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research, vol. 6, no. 3, Dec. 2025, pp. 206-21, doi:10.53811/ijtcmr.1521225.
Vancouver
1.Büşra Küçük, Gülay Melikoğlu. Plants Used in Traditional Treatment for Wart in Türkiye. International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research. 2025 Dec. 1;6(3):206-21. doi:10.53811/ijtcmr.1521225

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