Paliurus spina-christi Mill (Rhamnaceae) has been used in folk medicine as a hypocholesterolemic agent. In this study, the effect of total fruit extract on lowering lipid content of serum was investigated. Male rats were introduced streptozocin, subsequently fed with a high cholesterol diet and concomitantly treated with various doses of the extract. After 8 days, serum levels of cholesterol, t...

Sidr (Zizyphus spina-christiL ) is medicinal plant with many traditional uses. The aim of the present study is to investigate the chronic effect of Sidr (Zizyphus spina-christiL ) fruit extract on norepinephrin (NE), dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content in different brain areas (cerebellum, brain stem, striatum, cerebral cortex, hypothalamus and hippocampus...

This study was carried out to determine effects of different durations (20, 40, 60 days and control) of cold stratification treatments on seed germination and to overcome dormancy in seeds of twelve different drought tolerant plants. The species used in this study were Arbutus andrachne L., Cistus creticus L., Colutea armena Bois. Huet., Cotinus coggygria Scop., Cotoneaster numullaria Fisch. an...

This study was carried out in Kovada lake national park Isparta 2018-2020 to determine the forage values of common grazeable bush species. Ten species including bush, shrub-shaped tree and shrub (Phillyrea latifolia, Spartium junceum, Juniperus oxycedrus, Quercus coccifera, infectoria, Coronilla emerus, Colutea melanocalyx, Fraxinus excelsior, Paliurus spina-christi ve Crataegus monogyna) were ...