OBJECTIVE Medicinal plants are widely used throughout the world. Since these plants are known to have minimal side effects, many people embrace them. The golpar plant, scientifically known as Heracleum persicum (H. persicum), is a common Asian and Iranian medicinal plant. The use of golpar is recommended in traditional medicine as a contraceptive medication for females; however, no scientifical...

The waterdistilled essential oil from dried aerial parts of one of the Algerian thymes, Thymus fontanesii Boiss. & Reut. grown in Setif province, Algeria, was analyzed by GC/MS. Fifteen components were characterized representing 99.4% of the total components detected. The major components of the oil were thymol (67.8%), gamma-terpinene (15.9%) and p-cymene (13.0%).

Salvia L. has a wide variety of traditional usages as digestive, appetizer, carminative, antiseptic, stimulant, pain reliever, antipyretic, diuretic, antitussive and for bronchitis, asthma cold. Anatomical features are extremely important the taxonomy species, especially leaf stem represent many specific characteristics. The aim this study is to determine distinctive anatomical structures S. au...

In Turkey, the genus Chrysophthalmum Sch.Bip. ex Walp. is represented by 3 taxa, namely montanum (DC.) Boiss., C. dichotomum Boiss. & Heldr. and gueneri Aytaç Anderb.. herbaceous plant that grows on rock cracks limestone cliffs, in eastern southeastern regions of Turkey. this study, pollen cypsela morphology species was investigated with light microscope (LM) scanning electron (SEM). Furthe...