title: Traditional medicine in Turkey. IV. Folk medicine in the Mediterranean subdivision.
abstract: The traditional utilization of plants as medicine in the Mediterranean region has been investigated. Field surveys were carried out among the people who live in the Taurus Mountains. Sixty-nine medicinal plants have been identified, which are listed with the vernacular names, the parts used, the methods of preparing the drugs and their traditional usages.
authors.affiliation: Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yeşilada
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sezik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeshiro
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008521:Mediterranean Islands; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification*; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts