Characterization of volatiles and anti-ulcerogenic effect of Turkish sweetgum balsam (Styrax liquidus)

GÜRBÜZ İ., YEŞİLADA E., DEMİRCİ B., Sezik E., DEMİRCİ F., BAŞER K. H. C.

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, vol.148, no.1, pp.332-336, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 148 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.03.071
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.332-336
  • Keywords: Liquidambar orientalis, Styrax liquidus, Turkish sweetgum, Altingiaceae, GC-MS analysis, Anti-ulcerogenic activity, LIQUIDAMBAR-ORIENTALIS, TRADITIONAL MEDICINE, ESSENTIAL OILS, FOLK MEDICINE, TURKEY, FORMULATION, STORAX, PLANTS, RATS
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Sweetgum, Styrax liquidus (Turkish sweetgum) is a resinous exudate obtained from the wounded barks of Liquidambar orientalis Miller tree which belongs to Altingiaceae (Hamamelidaceae). The plant material has been used for the treatment of peptic ulcer symptoms in Turkish folk medicine since centuries. In order to evaluate the claimed activity, we studied the anti-ulcerogenic effect of Styrax liquidus by using an in vivo anti-ulcerogenic activity model and to determine the chemical composition of the balsam.