Evaluation of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) leaves in terms of public health

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KENDİR G., KÖROĞLU A.

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PHARMACY, cilt.22, sa.3, ss.347-356, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12991/jrp.2018.74
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PHARMACY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.347-356
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Persea americana, Lauraceae, morphology, anatomy, powder drug, public health, traditional use, ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY, MEDICINAL-PLANTS, AQUEOUS EXTRACT, LEAF EXTRACTS, LAURACEAE, NIGERIA, REGION, TURKEY, MEXICO
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) originated in Central and Southern of South America, is an evergreen tree. The tree is commonly known as avocado. Avocado is cultivated in all tropical and subtropical regions in the world. This tree has been usually grown in the southern coastal region of Turkey due to its commercial importance. Its fruit is a drupe which consumed as food. Except this, the leaves are widely used for pass kidney stone and against the urinary tract infections as therapeutic among the people in Turkey and Cyprus.