An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants of Yazıkonak and Yurtbaşı districts of Elaziǧ province, Turkey

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 567-572

  Cakilcioglu U ^a   Sengun M T ^a   Turkoglu I ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endemic; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Yazi dotless konak; Yurtba i dotless (elazi dotless turkey)

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA WILHEMSII; ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS; ANACARDIACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ANTHEMIS; ANTHEMIS TINCTORIA; ANTHEMIS WIEDEMANNIANA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; ASTRAGALUS GUMMIFER; AWARENESS; BELLIS PERENNIS; CERASUS MAHALEB; CHICORY; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; CREPIS FOETIDA; CUPRESSACEAE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; EUPHORBIA; FICUS CARICA; GARLIC; GUNDELIA TOURNEFORTII; GUTTIFERAE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HELICHRYSUM PLICATUM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JUGLANDACEAE; JUGLANS REGIA; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; LEGUME; MALVA NEGLECTA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDICINAL SPECIES; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MENTHA SPICATA; MORACEAE; MORUS NIGRA; NOMENCLATURE; ONOPORDUM TAURICUM; PAPAVER DUBIUM; PAPAVER RHOEAS; PAPAVERACEAE; PISTACIA TEREBINTHUS; POLYGONUM; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; PYRUS ELAEAGNIFOLIA; RESEDA LUTEA; RESEDACEAE; RHUS CORIARIA; ROSA CANINA; ROSACEAE; RUMEX TUBEROSUS; SALVIA MULTICAULIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TEUCRIUM POLIUM; THYMUS HAUSSKNECHTII; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAGOPOGON PTEROCARPUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TUSSILAGO FARFARA; UPHORBIA MACROCLADA; URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

ANTHEMIS; ASTERACEAE; LAMIACEAE; ROSACEAE; THYMUS (THYME);

EID: 77951563143     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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