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Pharmacognosy 2018
American Journal of Ethnomedicine
ISSN: 2348-9502
Page 76
April 16-17, 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands
6
th
Edition of International Conference on
Pharmacognosy and
Medicinal Plants
Investigations on some medical plants from Northern Cyprus
Ali Hikmet Meriçli et al., Am J Ethnomed 2018, Volume 5
DOI: 10.21767/2348-9502-C1-006
Ali Hikmet Meriçli
and
Filiz Meriçli
Near East University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
C
yprus is the third largest island of the Mediterranean Sea and
the point of the encounter of several different eco-systems.
Flora of Cyprus is represented with 1800 plants and 22 of them
are endemic plants in Northern Cyprus. Besides a rich plant
diversity, Cyprus is also very rich in cultural variation depend on
historical situations. The plant and cultural diversities in Cyprus
provide very rich traditional treatments and folk medicines. The
active principles of some medicinal plants growing wildly in
Northern Cyprus and their uses as sources of herbal medicinal
products have been investigated by our research group.
Ceratonia
siliqua, Matricaria recutita, Prunus dulcis
, and
Thymus capitatus
are the widespreadmedicinal plants used traditionally in Northern
Cyprus. On the other hand, Mediterranean fever disease is a
serious health problem in the island and colchicine containing
medicinal plants are valued for treatment.
Colchicum pusillum
is
widespread in Northern Cyprus, the active principles of the bulbs
and aerial parts of
C. pusillum
are investigated. The anticancer
activity of the bulb extract is also determined. Our researches on
some medicinal plants from Northern Cyprus and their possibility
of herbal medicines production will be summarized.
Figure 1:
Colchicum pusillum
Sieber (photos: by AH Meriçli)
Matricaria recutita L.
Biography
Ali Hikmet Meriçli graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy.
He entered as an Assistant at the Faculty of Pharmacognosy at Istanbul
University. He has contributed to the education and development of New
Century University Faculty of Pharmacy between February 2012 and August
2013 and served as the Senator of New Century University Faculty of Phar-
macy. By 2015, he has published 141 original scientific articles, 3 books, 3
books in chapter books, 40 compilations and current writings. He is working
on isolation and structure elucidation of natural compounds and biological
activities of medicinal plants and also herbal medicines.
ali.mericli@neu.edu.tr