title: [Uses of Algae and Mosses in medicinal manuscripts].
abstract: In this study medicinal uses of Algae and Mosses are investigated in manuscripts of Ibn-i Baytar (Ibn al Baithar), Ibn-i Sina (Avicenna), Huneyn bin Ishak (Joannitus), Dioscorides and Plinius. Ulva lactuca and Fucus sp. have been identified according to the descriptions given in these manuscripts. It is designated that the Arabic term "Tuhlub" occupies both the meanings of any algal species and Lemna minor of Spermatophyta.
authors.affiliation: Kaynarca Sevket Sabanci Lisesi, Biyoloji Oğretmeni, Fevzi Cakmak C. No: 36 34899 Pendik. mustafay007@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.forename: Gülşah
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cobanoğlu
mesh_terms: D044002:Bryophyta; D019448:Ethnobotany; D044645:Fucus; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history; D008514:Medicine, Arabic / Q000266:history; D000459:Phaeophyceae; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000266:history*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D000461:Rhodophyta; D014421:Turkey; D044445:Ulva