Ethnopharmacological relevance Obesity is one of the growing public health problems in
Turkey, as well as all over the world, threatening people of almost all ages. Turkey has a …

Abstract Background The Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo in Georgian language) is part of
the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot, and human agricultural plant use dates bat at least 6000 …

1William L Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-
0299, USA 2Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología-UMSA, Campus …

In this study, we documented traditional plant use in Tusheti, Khevsureti, and Pshavi and
hypothesized that (i) plant use knowledge in general would be higher in isolated high …

Wound care will always be among the main tasks in all surgical specialties. Several
medicinal plants have proven efficacy to cure wounds. Ethnobotanical research and …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Plants have provided medicine to humans for thousands
of years, and in most parts of the world people still use traditional plant-derived medicine …

Lichens are used in traditional medicine by cultures across the world, particularly in
temperate and arctic regions. Knowledge of these medicinal uses is available to us because …

The Adriatic islands in Croatia, usually divided into two archipelagos–the Kvarner and
Dalmatian islands–is one of the largest groups of islands in Europe. Over 40 islands are still …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is a country with a
highly diverse ecosystem, containing over 5000 confirmed taxa of vascular plants. The …

Background Starting from the idea that unexplored areas may yield new and different
ethnobotanical information, we performed a survey of traditional uses of plants in two …