An ethnobotanical survey of some medicinal plants in Keban (Elazığ -Turkey).

dc.contributor.author	Kılıç, Ömer
dc.contributor.author	Bağcı, Eyüp
dc.date.accessioned	2014-12-15T13:36:44Z
dc.date.available	2014-12-15T13:36:44Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11472/578
dc.description.abstract	In this study, 61 wild plant taxa belonging to 30 families that are used as medicine are documented in Keban (Elazığ). The most encountered medicinal plant families were Lamiaceae (10 taxa), Asteraceae (8 taxa), Fabaceae (6 taxa) and Rosaceae (5 taxa), the most common preparations were infusion and decoction. These folk medicinal plants are mostly used for treatment of kidney stones, colds and flu, analgesic, cough, for skin and diabetes diseases. Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. typhoides (Briq.) Harley var. typhoides, Salvia syriaca L., Rosa canina L., Thymus kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. var. kotschyanus, Portulaca oleracea L. and Rumex acetosella L. were the plants most used by the local people in Keban, Turkey.	tr_TR
dc.language.iso	eng	tr_TR
dc.subject	Ethnobotany	tr_TR
dc.subject	medicinal plants	tr_TR
dc.subject	traditional medicine	tr_TR
dc.subject	Keban	tr_TR
dc.subject	Turkey	tr_TR
dc.title	An ethnobotanical survey of some medicinal plants in Keban (Elazığ -Turkey).	tr_TR
dc.type	Article	tr_TR