This paper reports folk medicinal and food
plants of Nizip (Gaziantep) located in the south part of Turkey. The purpose of the study is to gather,
determine, and record the plants that are used as source of food and medicine
by local people. The information was obtained from participants in face to face
interviews; furthermore, the specimens of the plants were collected. Voucher
specimens were deposited at the Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara
University. Totally, twenty-seven plants are recorded as used as traditional
folk medicine for the region, and thirteen of these are also used as a source
of food. Among them, 20 taxa were wild and 7 taxa were cultivated plants.
According to the majority of the plants which have similar usage, the plants
are mostly used for gastrointestinal, respiratory system diseases and diabetes.
Konular | Eczacılık ve İlaç Bilimleri |
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Bölüm | Original Article |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 18 Ekim 2017 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 18 Ekim 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2017 Cilt: 47 Sayı: 2 |