Fatih Satil

Balikesir University · Department of Biology

Bu çalışmada; Türkiye’de geçmişten günümüze değin yerel insanların süpürge yapımında kullandığı doğal bitkilerin kayıt altına alınması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma 2019-2022 yılları arasında Türkiye'nin farklı coğrafik bölgelerinden seçilen 15 ilde yürütülmüş ve 120 kaynak kişiyle yüz yüze görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda, 32 familyaya ait 69 bi...

Günümüzde insanların farklı kültürlere olan ilgisi, sağlıklı yaşam hakkında giderek bilinçlenmeleri, doğal gıdalara eğilim göstermeleri ve gastronomik deneyimler yaşama istekleri gibi farklı nedenler yöresel mutfaklara olan talebi giderek artırmaktadır. Ülkemizde, özellikle son yıllarda yapılan gastronomi yarışmaları ve ot festivalleri aynı zamanda...

Two Lamiaceae species, Satureja icarica P.H. Davis collected from Gokceada (Canakkale) and Satureja pilosa Velen. collected from Kazdag Mt. (Balikesir) are new records for Turkey. Short morphological descriptions including illustrations of the species are given.

Thymus pulvinatus

Salvia smyrnea

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the traditional use of medicinal and aromatic plants by health professionals against the Covid-19 pandemic. The research was designed in a descriptive model and was studied between 10 July and 31 December 2021. The population of the research consisted of healthcare professionals in Turkey. Random sampling met...

Toplum Ruh Sağlığı Merkezleri (TRSM), ağır ruhsal rahatsızlığı olan hastaların yaşadıkları ortamda takip ve tedavilerinin yapıldığı hastanelere entegre birimlerdir. Bu birimlerde görevli ergoterapistlerce tedavi sürecinde hastaların ihtiyaç, istek ve becerilerine uygun olarak uygulanan aktivitelerden biri de bitki terapi bahçeleridir. Bu araştırma,...

Bu çalışmada; Akdağ (Dursunbey/Balıkesir)’da yayılış gösteren endemik ve nadir taksonlar tespit edilmiş ve IUCN tehdit kategorileri ortaya konmuştur. Çalışmada ayrıca bölgede taksonlar üzerindeki baskı faktörleri de belirlenmiştir. Güncel olarak alanda 42 tane endemik, 2 tane de nadir takson bulunmaktadır. Alandaki endemizm oranı %9.50’dir. Güncel...

The purpose of this study was to determine the ethnobotanical features of taxa belonging to the genus Stachys L. in Turkish Flora. Their vernacular names and local usages patterns have been determined. To determine the ethnobotanical uses of Stachys L. taxa; ethnobotanical studies made in Turkey have examined. Also, the field study carried out in d...

Bu çalışmada, Balıkesir florasında yayılış gösteren istilacı karaktere sahip bitki taksonları belirlenerek, bu taksonların habitatlardaki dağılımı ve taşıdığı ekolojik riskler ortaya konulmuştur. Bu amaçla, Balıkesir ve ilçelerinde periyodik olarak gerçekleştirilen arazi çalışmalarına ek olarak bölgede daha önce tarafımızca yapılmış olan floristik...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Gönen deltasındaki kıyı kumul bitkilerini ve bu alanlardaki çevre sorunlarını tespit etmektir. Ayrıca, kumul alanlardaki bitki çeşitliliğini tehdit eden faktörlere çözüm önerileri sunmaktır. Floristik çalışmalar sonucunda alanda; 32 familyaya ait 78 cins ve 89 takson tespit edilmiştir. Bölgedeki kumul alanların karakteristik fl...

The genus Ziziphora L. (Lamiaceae) is represented by five species (nine taxa) in the Turkish Flora. These taxa are Z. clinopodioides Lam. (subsp. elbursensis, subsp. filicaulis, subsp. kurdica, subsp. rigida), Z. capitata L., Z. persica Bunge, Z. tenuior L., Z. taurica Bieb. subsp. taurica, and Z. taurica Bieb. subsp. cleonioides (Boiss.) Davis whi...

Ayvalık and its environs are unique due to its coastal structure and natural beauties, and particularly the islands belonging to Ayvalık makes up the most important resource values. This study was carried out to determine the plant diversity in the coastal dunes of Ayvalık and its surroundings, to present the threat factors and to offer solutions....

In this study; comparative anatomical and micromorphological studies were performed on the subsection Distantes of the Stachys L. genus (Lamiaceae). Also, it was determined distinctive anatomical characters for the taxa of subsection in the study. In anatomical studies, free-hand cross-sections and the paraffin embedding method was applied with the...

Detailed description of fruit, seed and pollen macro- and micromorphological characters of Turkish Chorispora species are provided with illustrations. Typical fruits are linear, straight or strongly curved upward. Nonglandular and glandular trichomes are present or absent. Seeds varied in shape from oblong, oblong-broadly elliptic to subglobose and...

The genus Pentapleura Hand.-Mazz. (Lamiaceae) is represented by only one species Pentapleura subulifera Hand.-Mazz and distributed in southeast of Turkey and north Iraq. The stem and leaf of the species were examined for anatomical studies. The stems are rectangular in shape and the leaves are equifacial type. The micromorphologic properties of tri...

The seed morphology of six species, representing genera of Hyoscyamus L. (Solanaceae) in Turkey was investigated using a binocular stereomicroscope and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), to determine the significance of seed coat features as taxonomic characters. Macro and micromorphological characters, including seed shape, size, hilum position a...

Nepeta L. cinsi, Lamiaceae familyasının Nepetoides alt familyası ve Mentheae tribusunda yer alır. Bu cins yaklaşık 300 tür ile temsil edilir ve familyanın en büyük cinslerinden birisidir. Dünyada Asya, Avrupa, Kuzey Afrika ve Kuzey Amerika'da yayılış gösterir.

Morphological Features of Crocus L. (Iridaceae) Species Growing in Balıkesir (Turkey)

Havran ve Burhaniye (Balıkesir) Yörelerinde El Sanatlarında Yararlanılan Bitkiler Üzerine Etnobotanik Araştırmalar.

Some evidence for infrageneric classification in Ziziphora L.(Lamiaceae:Menthae

Comparative Anatomical Studies on Some Species of Hyoscyamus L. (Solanaceae) Growing in Turkey.

Macro and micromorphological studies on the nutlet of Turkish Cyclotrichium Manden. & Scheng. (Lamiaceae)

A comparative study based on leaf and stem anatomical structure was made using light microscopy (LM) techniques on five species of Hyoscyamus L. (Solanaceae) in Turkey. Some characters are found important to distinguish the species within the genera. The investigated species can be divided as mesophyll type: bifacial (H. niger L., H. albus L. ) and...

The chemical composition of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) from seeds of S. thymbra and S. cuneifolia were analyzed by GC/MS. 7 FAMEs were identified from the seeds of S. thymbra mainly as 9-octadecenoic acid methyl ester (43.9%), hexadecanoic acid methyl ester (11.4%), 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid methyl ester (Z,Z,Z) (30.2%), and octadecanoic...

The genus Satureja is represented by fifteen species of which five are endemic and Satureja pilosa and S. icarica have recently been found as new records for Turkey. Aerial parts of the Satureja pilosa, S. icarica, S. boissieri and S. coerulea collected from different localities in Turkey were subjected to hydrodistillation to yield essential oils...

Morphological characters of the nutlets of Cyclotrichium Manden. & Scheng. in Turkey were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The genus Cyclotrichium is represented by six species in Turkey, of which two are endemic for Turkey. Nutlet morphology of the species was studied using stereoscopic microscopy and SEM, and the features were d...

Kazdağı National Park is located in the Southern part of Marmara region in the North-west of Turkey. There are about 800 taxa naturally grown in the National Park and 79 of them are endemic to Turkey. Also, thirty one of the endemic taxa are grown only in the area. Additionally, there are thirty one "rare plants" in this area. Due to these characte...

This research was carried out for the purpose of determining the flora of Akdag (Balikesir/Dursunbey) which located in square B2 between 2010 and 2011. A floristic survey specific to the field of research not yet done and Mediterranean, Euro-Siberian and Irano-Turanian phytogeographic region boundaries exist on the transition zone are the main fact...

The global resurgence of tuberculosis is a significant threat. Lamiaceae members have been used in folk remedies for centuries. This study was designed to assess the in-vitro antimycobacterial activity of eighteen crude extracts from six plants (Lamiaceae) and to characterize their phenolic and flavonoid compounds. Six Turkish medicinal plants of t...

The genus Ziziphora L. (Lamiaceae) consists of annual herbs, except Ziziphora clinopodioides, and is represented by six taxa in the flora of Turkey: Z. clinopodioides, Z. capitata, Z. persica, Z. tenuior, Z. taurica subsp. taurica and Z. taurica subsp. cleonioides. They are strong aromatic herbs and important medicinal plants. This study has been c...

Ethnopharmacological relevance: This study has identified not only the wild plants collected for medical purposes by local people of Solhan District in the Eastern Anatolia Region, but also the uses and local names of these plants. It tried to provide a source for researchers studying in ethnobotany, pharmacology and chemistry by comparing the info...

Ethnopharmacological relevance: This studyhasidentified notonlythewildplantscollectedformedical purposes bylocalpeopleofSolhanDistrictintheEasternAnatoliaRegion, butalsotheusesandlocalnamesof theseplants.Ittriedtoprovideasourceforresearchers studyinginethnobotany,pharmacologyandchemistry bycomparingtheinformationobtainedfromtraditionallyusedherbswi...

Ziziphora L. is represented by 5 species and 2 subspecies in the flora of Turkey: Z. clinopodioides, Z. capitata, Z. persica, Z. tenuior, Z. taurica subsp. taurica, Z. taurica subsp. cleonioides. It is difficult to distinguish between some Ziziphora taxa because of their morphological similarities. In this study, the leaf and calyx trichomes of Ziz...

In this investigation, on two endemic species morphologically close to each other are collected from Kazdağı Mountain, micromorphological and anatomical studies were made of the similarity and differences between species.

Methanol extracts from the aerial parts of three Satureja L. spp. belonging to the family Lamiaceae were studied. S. cilicica is endemic to Turkey; S. icarica and S. coerulea extend to West Anatolia; S. icarica extends to the Turkish-Greek border and S. coerulea extends to the Turkish-Bulgarian border. S. icarica, S. coerulea, and S. cilicica extra...

The nutlet morphology of 32 taxa of Stachys sect. Eriostomum (Lamiaceae) has been studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and a detailed description of the nutlet morphological features of all examined taxa is provided. We found some groups within Stachys sect. Eriostomum that present nutlet micromorphological characters that appear to be us...

Bu çalışmada sadece Kazdağında yayılış gösteren ve Dünya için yeni bir tür olan Matthiola trojana Dirmenci, Satıl & Tümen türünün anatomik özellikleri incelenmiştir. Yayılış alanından toplanan örnekler herbaryum örneği haline getirilmiştir. Anatomik çalışmalar için kullanılacak materyaller, içinde % 70 lik alkol bulunan özel saklama şişelerine konu...

This paper provides significant ethnobotanical information on medical plants in the Western Region of Turkey. There is urgency in recording such data. This is the first ethnobotanical study in which statistical calculations about plants are done by FIC method in western part of Turkey. This study aimed to identify plants collected for medical purpo...

Polat, R. & Satil, F.: Research on some medicinal plants commercially sold in the Havran and Burhaniye region (Balıkesir-Turkey). — Bocconea 24: 311-317. 2012. — ISSN 1120-4060. Abstract Within the framework of the ethnobotanical researches conducted between 2007 and 2009 in the areas in and around Havran and Burhaniye (Balıkesir), the medicinal pl...

With its widely differing climatic, geographic and geologic zones, Turkey enjoys a rich and diverse flora. Having been a host to many cultures, Anatolia has acumulated a vast ethnobotanical heritage and the efforts to define and preserve these cultural values has led to an increasing number of research on the subject. The Eastern Anatolian region s...

The Turkish red pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) forests are the most suitable forests of Turkey for the pine resin production by tapping, because of the conditions for both topography and climate of distribution area of these species. Named as the 'pine oleoresin', 'gum turpentine' or 'terpenes oil'; is the term 'essential oil of turpentine' which designa...

The genus Cyclotrichium (Boiss.) Manden. & Scheng. is represented by six species in Turkey: C. glabrescens, C. leucotrichum, C. longiflorum, C. niveum, C. origanifolium and C. stamineum. They are aromatic perennial subshrubs used as spices or herbal teas in traditional Turkish medicine. The leaf anatomy and tomentum morphology of leaves and calyces...

This study, conducted between 2010-2012, gathered information on the ethnobotanical wild plants sold with commercial purposes in the local markets. Within the scope of the study, ethnobotanical wild plants sold in local market used for the medicinal and food (spice, tea) purpose. As result of researchs at the local markets ethnobotanical uses of 32...

ABSTRACT This study, carried out between June 2007 and September 2009, proposed to identify wild plants and thediverse ways they are used by the local populations of Havran and Burhaniye in the province of Balıkesir. The field research involved visits in the towns of Burhaniye and Havran and up to 25 local villages; meet- ings with 244 local inform...

In this study, relationships among the 15 taxa of the genus Crocus L. distributed in Turkey were analysed using 29 morphological and 4 anatomical characters. Analysis of the data set utilising maximum parsimony criterion with Branchand- Bound search algorithm yielded 32 most parsimonious trees. Bootstrap analysis with the majority rule consensus al...

This study proposes to present a comparative analysis of the anatomical and ecological characteristics of three Salvia L. species (S. argentea, S. aethiopsis, S. viridis) collected from various localities of Bali{dotless}kesir province. The only S. viridis is an annual. Anatomical examination was made of cross sections obtained from stems and leave...

There are some taxonomic uncertainties within the Turkish members of Satureja. It is extremely difficult to distinguish some of Satureja species because of their great morphological similarity. They are represented by fifteen species in Turkey. In this study, the nutlet surface features of species were examined using both stereoscopic and scanning...

This study determined the phenolic composition of two thyme species (Lamiaceae), Origanum minutiflorum O. Schwarz and P.H. Davis and Thymbra spicata L. var. spicata, and assessed their antibacterial and antimycobacterial activities. “Kekik” is a collective term used in Turkey for plants that smell like thyme. O. minutiflorum, (locally “Sutculer kek...

Salvia cadmica Boiss., and S. smyrnaea Boiss., (Lamiaceae) differ from each other by the colour of their corolla in that the former is white and the latter is violet-blue, and that calyx widens in fruit in the latter. Both species are characterized by having cryptone in their essential oils as major constituent. Both species are endemic to Turkey....

In this paper, antibacterial and antimycobacterial activity of five Labiatae plant methanol extracts, commonly used for treating cold, stomachache, and sore throat, Salvia fruticosa Mill., Salvia tomentosa Mill., Sideritis albiflora Hub.-Mor. (endemic), Sideritis leptoclada O. Schwarz & P.H. Davis, (endemic), and Origanum onites L., were investigat...

In this study, antifungal effects of some Lamiaceae species (Thymbra spicata L.Satureja hortensis L., Origanum onites L., O. vulgare L. subsp. hirtum (Link) Iestswaart, O. vulgare L. subsp vulgare, O. minutiflorum O. Schwarz & P.H. Davis, Sideritis vuralii H. Duman & Baser and S. caesarea H. Duman, Aytaç & Baser) commonly used by people, were inves...

The aim of this study was to determine the commercial Satureja (Sivri kekik) species, gathered amounts, social networks in trade, gathering style, their vernacular names, and local usages in Turkey. The survey was carried out in 17 provinces, 20 towns and 40 villages where the Satureja species have large population. Commercial Satureja was collecte...

In this investigation, some morphological and anatomical characteristics of Crocus leichtlinii (D.Dewar) Bowles, an endemic species which has flowering time in early spring, were observed. The specimen was collected from Şanlıurfa, South East Anatolia, within C7 of the grid system; its habitat and population status was also determined. Morphologic...

There are some taxonomic uncertainties within the Turkish members of Satureja. It is extremely difficult to distinguish some Satureja species because of their great morphological similarity. Satureja species are used as herbal teas and spices, and for this reason they are important commercial and medicinal plants. In this study, the leaf anatomy an...