Central European Journal of Botany

3-8

Authors: Huda Dhaher Al-Marsomy, Qudus Wamidh Jamal, Zainab Abed Muhsin AL-Haboobi

Parasitology is a branch of biology that studies the interaction of two microorganisms, one of whom benefits and the other threatens. Previously include Bacteria, Fungi and viruses, now are limited to parasitic protozoa, helminthis, arthropods and species of arthropods serve as a vector for parasite. Six important human tropical illnesses are known and five are parasitic diseases. Parasitic diseases are high prevalence in developing countries where poverty and poor hygiene are predominant. As a result, using chemical drugs is costlier. For thousands of years humans used herbal plants for treatment as a science named herbal medicine (botanical medicines or phytomedicine). Because of their efficacy, safety, low cost, and lesser side effects, traditional herbal medicine is often used as the first line of protection in disease treatment by 80 percent of the world's population. Nigella sativa has been used for medicinal purposes and food from ancients , both as a herb and oil. N. sativa belong to the genus Nigella. This review aims to investigate the possibility of using black seeds as a therapeutic agent in protozoal and helminthic disease based on published data.

13-25

Authors: Ömer Kiliç, Meryem Kök, Şinasi Yildirimli

Diabetes is one of the most common diseases globally, it leads to hyperglycemia and prolonged hyperglycemia can cause severe immortalities every system of the human body; change in the metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, and in the long term, with eye, kidney, cardiovascular, and neurological complications. In spite of the developments in medicinal chemistry, traditional medicine is still a common practice for the treatment of diabetes. The number of studies on plants used by the public in diabetes is few. Conventionally there are some medicines to treat diabetes mellitus but desired effective treatment is still not to be achieved. Thus, it is essential to look for more effective antidiabetic agents with fewer side effects like natural medicinal and aromatic plants. However some medicinal and aromatic plant derived products have proven to be effective and safe in the treatment of various types of diabetes mellitus. So researches are going on for the development of alternative effective therapy against this common disease. In Turkey ethnobotany, some medicinal and aromatic plants have been used as blood sugar lowering agents. Turkish flora with more than 13.000 plant taxa and medicinal plants are widely used traditionally for the prevention and cure of diabetes and many of them are used for different purposes. This article consists of 147 plant taxa which are reported to have good antidiabetic property and 39 plant taxa from Çelikhan (Adıyaman-Turkey) provinces which have potential antidiabetic property. In addition this study focuses on diabetes mellitus and the role of plants in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in Turkey, in order to provide additional information for healthcare professionals.