An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Mersin (Turkey)
This comprehensive ethnobotanical study carried out in Mersin province, which is located in the southern part of Anatolia, east of the Mediterranean Sea, compiles details on plants used in folk medicine and ethnopharmacological information obtained through face-to-face interviews. The aim was to col...
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| author | Gizem Emre Ahmet Dogan Mehmet Zeki Haznedaroglu Ismail Senkardes Mahmut Ulger Aysen Satiroglu Berivan Can Emmez Osman Tugay |
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| description | This comprehensive ethnobotanical study carried out in Mersin province, which is located in the southern part of Anatolia, east of the Mediterranean Sea, compiles details on plants used in folk medicine and ethnopharmacological information obtained through face-to-face interviews. The aim was to collect and identify plants used for therapeutic purposes by local people and to record information on traditional herbal medicine. Plant specimens were collected in numerous excursions. Additionally, informant consensus factor and use value (UV) were calculated for information gathered. This study identifies 93 plant taxa belonging to 43 families and records their usage in folk medicine; 83 taxa are wild and the remaining 10 are cultivated. The most commonly used plants belong to Lamiaceae, representing 15.0% of the total, while the Rosaceae, Malvaceae, Hypericaceae, Asteraceae and Cupressaceae families each represented another 5.4%. As a result of this investigation, we determine 189 medicinal usages of 93 taxa. The UV values indicate that the most important medicine plants are Hypericum perforatum (0.80), Cedrus libani (0.78), Quercus coccifera (0.77), Arum dioscoridis (0.76) and Juniperus drupaceae (0.74). We observed that most of the drugs are prepared using the infusion method (27.6%). As a conclusion, the study finds that traditional folk medicine usage is still common, especially among the rural population of Mersin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-574d861a4fd944fa812c1f276c2904e72022-12-21T20:15:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pharmacology1663-98122021-07-011210.3389/fphar.2021.664500664500An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Mersin (Turkey)Gizem Emre0Ahmet Dogan1Mehmet Zeki Haznedaroglu2Ismail Senkardes3Mahmut Ulger4Aysen Satiroglu5Berivan Can Emmez6Osman Tugay7Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University, Basibuyuk-Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University, Basibuyuk-Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Cigli-Izmir, TurkeyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University, Basibuyuk-Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mersin University, Yenisehir-Mersin, TurkeyDepartment of Sociology, Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University, Fatih-Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Turkish Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Adana Alparslan Turkes University, Adana, TurkeyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Selcuk University, Selcuklu-Konya, TurkeyThis comprehensive ethnobotanical study carried out in Mersin province, which is located in the southern part of Anatolia, east of the Mediterranean Sea, compiles details on plants used in folk medicine and ethnopharmacological information obtained through face-to-face interviews. The aim was to collect and identify plants used for therapeutic purposes by local people and to record information on traditional herbal medicine. Plant specimens were collected in numerous excursions. Additionally, informant consensus factor and use value (UV) were calculated for information gathered. This study identifies 93 plant taxa belonging to 43 families and records their usage in folk medicine; 83 taxa are wild and the remaining 10 are cultivated. The most commonly used plants belong to Lamiaceae, representing 15.0% of the total, while the Rosaceae, Malvaceae, Hypericaceae, Asteraceae and Cupressaceae families each represented another 5.4%. As a result of this investigation, we determine 189 medicinal usages of 93 taxa. The UV values indicate that the most important medicine plants are Hypericum perforatum (0.80), Cedrus libani (0.78), Quercus coccifera (0.77), Arum dioscoridis (0.76) and Juniperus drupaceae (0.74). We observed that most of the drugs are prepared using the infusion method (27.6%). As a conclusion, the study finds that traditional folk medicine usage is still common, especially among the rural population of Mersin.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.664500/fullEthnobotanyfolk medicinal plantstraditional knowledgeMersinTurkey |
| spellingShingle | Gizem Emre Ahmet Dogan Mehmet Zeki Haznedaroglu Ismail Senkardes Mahmut Ulger Aysen Satiroglu Berivan Can Emmez Osman Tugay An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Mersin (Turkey) Frontiers in Pharmacology Ethnobotany folk medicinal plants traditional knowledge Mersin Turkey |
| title | An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Mersin (Turkey) |
| title_full | An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Mersin (Turkey) |
| title_fullStr | An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Mersin (Turkey) |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Mersin (Turkey) |
| title_short | An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Mersin (Turkey) |
| title_sort | ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in mersin turkey |
| topic | Ethnobotany folk medicinal plants traditional knowledge Mersin Turkey |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.664500/full |
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