OBJECTIVE Children and adolescents are considered as the best target groups for preventing and controlling the cardiovascular diseases risk factors and reducing mortality in adulthood. Alternative medicine and herbal drugs have been taken into account for managing dyslipidemia in this population. The beneficial effects of Sumac (Rhus coriaria L.) on lipid profile have been confirmed in some lab...

The current study was carried out based on fungi specimens collected from Rhus coriaria in Bolu province July 2018. As a result of field and laboratory studies, Synnemasporella aculeans (Schwein.) X.L. Fan & J.D.P. Bezerra (Synnemasporellaceae) reported for the first time Turkey at species, genus family level represented as new host species S. aculeans. Description this provided together wi...

Phytochemical investigations of the ethanolic extract of the seeds of Rhus coriaria L. (Anacardiaceae) led to the identification of four new xanthones, characterized as 2,3-dihydroxy-7-methyl xanthone (1), 2,3,6-trihydroxy-7-hydroxymethylene xanthone-1-carboxylic acid (2), 2-methoxy-4-hydroxy-7-methyl-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl xanthone-1,8-dicarboxylic acid (4), and 2-hydroxy-7-hydroxymethylene...

The fruits contain tannins (2), volatile oil (6, 7), various organic acids (2), anthocyanins (6) and fixed oil (6). Either the whole fruit or only the pericarp is used as a condiment in Turkey and called “Sumak” (2, 9). The composition of the essential oils prepared from the fruit, leaves and branch barks of R. coriaria has been reported on the same Anatolian material (7). The anatomical charac...

Background: Herbs have played a fundamental and essential role in the humans life since ancient times, especially those which are used as food and/or folk medicinedue to both their nutritive and curative properties.This study aimed to investigate new antilipase agents from tentraditional Palestinian edible and medicinal plants through inhibition of the absorption of dietary lipids. Methods: The...