The investigation and quantitative ethnobotanical evaluation of medicinal plants used around Izmir province, Turkey

UĞULU İ., Baslar S., Yorek N., DOĞAN Y.

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, cilt.3, sa.5, ss.345-367, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 3 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Medicinal Plants Research
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.345-367
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Fidelity level, Informant consensus factor, Izmir, Therapeutic plants
  • Uşak Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In this paper, 108 traditional medicinal plants from Izmir Province in Turkey have been reported. One hundred eight plant species belonging to 54 families and among them 94 species were wild and 14 species were cultivated plants. The informant consensus factor (F ic) and the fidelity level (FL) of the species were determined. The category that has the highest F ic value is Cold and Influenza (0.82) followed by Cough (0.73). The lowest is Hemorrhoids and Enteritis (0.33). Allium cepa and Urtica dioica (100%) has the highest fidelity level and Nigella segetalis (33%) has the lowest. Most used families were Lamiaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Apiaceae. The traditional medicinal plants have been mostly used for the treatment of kidney ailments (43,5%), stomach (31.4%), cough (17.6%), wounds (17.4%), hemorrhoids and enteritis (15.7), cold and influenza (13,8%), gall bladder ailments (10,2). © 2009 Academic Journals.