Sengul Karaman
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Karacasu-K.Maras/Turkey
Yusuf Ziya Kocabas
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Karacasu-K.Maras/Turkey
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a list of some medicinal and aromatic plants in the K.Maras province of Turkey. During the ethnobotanical survey of 88 plants belonging to 47 families were obtained in the period of 1999. It has been found that these plants are mostly used for antiseptic, diuretic, stomach and wound.
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Sengul Karaman and Yusuf Ziya Kocabas, 2001. Traditional Medicinal Plants of K. Maras (Turkey). Journal of Medical Sciences, 1: 125-128.
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2001.125.128
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jms.2001.125.128
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2001.125.128
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jms.2001.125.128
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