In Turkey, Ankaferd Blood Stopper(®) (ABS) has been approved for the management of external haemorrhages and bleedings occurring during dental surgeries (Goker et al., 2008). Ankaferd comprises a standardized mixture of plants, including Thymus vulgaris, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Vitis vinifera, Alpinia officinarum, and Urtica diodica. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of AB S tam ponade in t...

Dental surgery in patients with hemorrhagic diathesis represents a great clinical challenge regarding the bleeding and complicated infections. There are various methods and materials for haemostasis of these patients. One of them is ABS (Ankaferd Blood Stopper), which has been approved for the clinical management of external post-surgical and dental surgery bleedings in Turkey. ABS could be eff...

We read with great interest the article by Tuncer et al1 describing a case of fundal variceal hemorrhage that was managed with endoscopic administration of Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS). In the discussion section, they also claimed that ABS had an immediate hemostatic effect on arterial bleeding due to gastric polypectomy or spurting bleeding ulcers in cases not responsive to injection therapy o...

BACKGROUND/AIM Ankaferd blood stopper (ABS) is a mixture of certain ratios of 5 different plant roots (Thymus vulgaris, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Vitis vinifera, Alpinia officinarum, and Urtica dioica). The aim of this study is to evaluate the histopathological effects of ABS on articular cartilage in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-one albino Sprague Dawley rats were randomly allocated to 3 gr...

PURPOSE Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) is an herbal extract attained from 5 different plants. It has the therapeutic potential to be used for the management of external hemorrhage and controlling gastrointestinal bleedings. To date, the safety of ABS for intraperitoneal usage is not clear. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness and safety of using intraperitoneal ABS in an experimental ...

1Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Kayseri, Turkey 2Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Kayseri, Turkey 3Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Metabolism, Kayseri, Turkey Türkan Patıroğlu1, Nagihan Erdoğ Şahin2, Ekrem Ünal1, Mustafa Kendirci3, Musa...