Depending on atmospheric and industrial pollution, heavy metals can accumulate in the soil affect ecosystem. Plants are important biological controllers of environmental pollution. Elemental analysis plants is among alternative effective methods used for ecological research. In this study, usability plant species such as Verbascum diversifolium Alcea calvertii, whose metal content was determine...

BACKGROUND Studies of ethnobotanical usages in south-eastern Turkey are rare. To widen this field of knowledge, we conducted an ethnobotanical study in Midyat (Mardin Province), Turkey. METHODS The field study was completed during three years (2007-2010). Our aim was to document the ethnobotanical uses of local plants and to make an ethnobotanical inventory of uncommon plants using qualitativ...

Background & Aim: Medicinal plants are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of different diseases such as hypertension. Since inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) is one of the involved mechanisms in control of hypertension, in this study the inhibitory effect of 20 medicinal plants on ACE was investigated. Methods: The medicinal plants were collected, powdered, extracted...

The study goal is to reveal foliar resorption patterns of Alcea apterocarpa populations in different habitats (riverbank, meadow and forest clearing) the Central Black Sea Region Turkey. We determined nitrogen phosphorus resorption, considering proficiency efficiency. efficiency was also calculated using mass loss correction factor (MLCF). Some studies indicated that MLCF provides unbiased valu...

Natural products are considered as promising tools for the prevention and treatment of cancer. The enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is a histone methyltransferase unit of polycomb repressor complexes such as PRC2 complex that has oncogenic roles through interference with growth and metastatic potential. Several agents targeting EZH2 has been discovered but they often induce side effects in cl...