VITAMIN CONTENTS OF SOME SALVIA L. TAXA GROWING IN TURKEY

摘要

The genus Salvia, with about 900 species, is one of the most widespread members of the family Lamiaceae. Some of them are used worldwide as flavoring and in folk medicines and are listed in modern pharmacopoeias [1-3]. Turkey is an important country for export and usage of Salvia species in the world [4]. There are 89 species and 98 taxa of Salvia recorded in the flora of Turkey [5-8], The ratio of endemism of the genus Salvia species in Turkey is 51％ and Anatolia is a major center for the genus in Asia [7, 8].