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- Title
Türkiye'de Yetişen Kekik Türleri, Ekonomik Önemi ve Kullanım Alanları.
- Authors
BOZDEMİR, Çiğdem
- Abstract
Turkey is one of the foremost countries on medicinal and aromatic plants with its geographical location, diversity of climate and vegetation, potential agriculture and spacious area. Oregano and thyme species have been used for different aims such as medicine, food, drink, textile, perfumery and cosmetics since ancient times. The use of another field these plants is organic livestock, an important brunch of organic farming, in which some of these plant extract and essential oils can be used as natural antibiotic, -microbial as feeding material. Oregano and thyme species are important export products. In this review, informations are given about the usage fields, classification and origin, essential oil and components, economic importance and quality criteria of oregano and thyme species.
- Subjects
AROMATIC plants; ESSENTIAL oils; PLANT extracts; MEDICINAL plants; INDUSTRIAL location; THYMES; OREGANO
- Publication
Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Journal of Agricultural Sciences (YYU J Agr Sci), 2019, Vol 29, Issue 3, p583
- ISSN
1308-7576
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29133/yyutbd.511777