Depending on atmospheric and industrial pollution, heavy metals can accumulate in the soil affect ecosystem. Plants are important biological controllers of environmental pollution. Elemental analysis plants is among alternative effective methods used for ecological research. In this study, usability plant species such as Verbascum diversifolium Alcea calvertii, whose metal content was determine...

The aim of this study was to determine the volatile components Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench subsp. aucheri that belongs genus, belonging Asteraceae family, one important families for Turkey and generally known as ‘ölmez çiçek, altın otu or mantuvar’ in Turkey. To components, leaves flowers specimens were collected from Isparta Aksu Adana Feke villages Turkey, dried at room temperature. The...

BACKGROUND Studies of ethnobotanical usages in south-eastern Turkey are rare. To widen this field of knowledge, we conducted an ethnobotanical study in Midyat (Mardin Province), Turkey. METHODS The field study was completed during three years (2007-2010). Our aim was to document the ethnobotanical uses of local plants and to make an ethnobotanical inventory of uncommon plants using qualitativ...