Conservation of Medicinal Plants in Botanical Gardens and Importance for Pharmacology

Dear Colleagues,

The conservation of medicinal plants in botanical gardens has become a very important topic in recent years due to its great significance for pharmacology and ethnopharmacology. It is one way to ensure the conservation of endangered species of medicinal plants ex situ.

Medicinal plants can help researchers and students of plant pharmacology and biology to learn about their anatomy and morphology, discover new compounds with therapeutic potential (for example, essential oils), and find out about local species that are traditionally used for medicinal purposes, which is the subject of ethnopharmacology, etc. Additionally, the conservation of medicinal plants in botanical gardens allow visitors to find out about plants' medicinal potential.

Considering the potential and importance of medicinal plants and their conservation, this Special Issue aims to publish manuscripts on plant taxonomy, ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, and plant pharmacology.

The Special Issue will particularly welcome interdisciplinary papers with an ethnopharmacological approach to the study of indigenous drugs. Studies involving pharmacological and toxicological mechanisms of action are also welcome. Clinical studies on efficacy will be considered they if contribute to the understanding of specific ethnopharmacological problems.

We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Uǧur Çakılcıoǧlu
Prof. Dr. Selami Selvi
Guest Editors

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• medicinal plants
• plant taxonomy
• ethnobotany
• ethnopharmacology
• traditional medicine
• biological and pharmacological effects of plant extracts
• plant anatomy and morphology
• ethnopharmacy