1st Edition

Medicinal Plants of Turkey

Edited By Ufuk Koca Caliskan Copyright 2024
438 Pages 46 Color & 95 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

438 Pages 46 Color & 95 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

438 Pages 46 Color & 95 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book is part of the book series titled Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants, and examines the rich plant diversity of Turkey, with descriptions of the plants and pharmacognosy properties. There is a focus on the chemistry of natural products and areas rich in folklore and botanical medicinal uses are covered with a particular interest in the region of Anatolia. This book focuses on... Read more

  1. Achiella sp.
  2. Bilge Sener

  3. Arnebia sp.
  4. Ayşe Kuruüzüm Uz, Merve Yüzbaşıoğlu

  5. Astragalus sp.
  6. Nilgün Yakuboğulları, Erdal Bedir

  7. Centaurea sp.
  8. Beste Atlı, Özlem Bahadır Acıkara, Müberra Koşar

  9. Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.
  10. Nazlı Gök

  11. Fumaria sp.
  12. Nuraniye Eruygur

  13. Glycyrrhiza sp.
  14. Merve Yüzbaşıoğlu, Sıla Özlem Şener

  15. Gundelia tournefortii L.
  16. Gülşen Kendir

  17. Hypericum perforatum L.
  18. Erdem Yeşilada

  19. Juniperus sp.
  20. Sinem Aslan Erdem, Gülnur Ekşi Bona

  21. Lamium sp.
  22. Funda Yalçın, Duygu Kaya Bilecenoğlu

  23. Laurus nobilis L.
  24. Ceylan Dönmez

  25. Lavandula sp.
  26. Gökşen Dilşat Durbilmez, Ufuk Koca Çalışkan

  27. Malva sylvestris L.
  28. İrem Çankaya, Golshan Zare

  29. Origanum sp
  30. Methiye Mancak Karakuş, Ufuk Koca Çalışkan

  31. Papaver sp.
  32. Günay Sarıyar, Gizem Gülsoy Toplan

  33. Pistacia sp.
  34. Seren Gündoğdu, Ayşe Kuruüzüm

  35. Rhus coriaria L.
  36. Ayşegül Köroğlu

  37. Rosa canina L.
  38. Ayşegül Köroğlu

  39. Rosa damascena Mill. Damask Rose
  40. Ömür Demirezer, Tuncay Ağar

  41. Salvia sp.
  42. Alper Gökbulut

  43. Satureja sp.
  44. Dudu Altıntaş, Ufuk Koca Çalışkan, Zehra Bektur

  45. Scorzonera sp.
  46. Özlem Bahadır Acıkara

  47. Sideritis sp.
  48. İlhan Gürbüz, Tuğba Günbatan

  49. Teucrium sp.
  50. Fatma Ayaz

  51. Thymus sp.
  52. Methiye Mancak Karakuş, Ufuk Koca Çalışkan

  53. Trigonella foenum-graecum L.
  54. Erkan Yılmaz

  55. Viburnum sp.
  56. Burçin Ergene, Gülçin Saltan

  57. Viscum sp.

          Gökçe Şeker Karatoprak, Selen İlgün

Biography

Professor Ufuk Koca-Caliskan

Professor Ufuk Koca-Caliskan received her diploma from Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Turkey. She has a Master degree in Biochemistry (Washington State University, USA); PhD degree in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology (University of Florida, USA). She now holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University. She is an expert in Phytotherapy and Aromatherapy and a long interest in plants and their healing properties, collecting folk medicine recepies at an early age from healers.

Ufuk studied the production and enhancing anticancer compound podophyllotoxin derivatives in linum flavum and L. usitatissimum callus and suspension cultures, followed by a project dealing with the decreasing bitter taste of grapefruit via manipulation of the flavonoid pathway by means of gene transfer during her PhD at the University of Florida. After her PhD, she returned to the Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy and established a plant tissue culture laboratory She also served as an Administrator at her University as a vice dean and dean of the Graduate School of Health Sciences, where she established nonthesis programs in Nursing and Phytotherapy, and worked on to increase the success and the quality of the education in Health Sciences. She also served as the ERASMUS constitutional coordinator for 4 years at the University.

Ufuk serving as an editorial or review board member on various international and national journals published more than 60 papers, including 15 book chapters.