Ethnobotany of medicinal plants used in Antakya: A multicultural district in Hatay Province of Turkey

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 174, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-152

  Güzel, Yelda ^a   Güzelşemme, Mehmet ^a   Miski, Mahmut ^b  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antakya; Comparison; Cross cultural; Diachronic analysis; Ethnomedicine; Multicultural old city; Turkey

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOLOGY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAUNDICE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PROCEDURES; SINUSITIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TURKEY;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNOBOTANY; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SINUSITIS; TURKEY;

EID: 84939857186     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.07.042     Document Type: Article

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