Using of Weeds as Food in Eastern Anatolia Region

Several herb can grow naturally thanks to climate and geographical features of Turkey. Although there are approximately one million weed in the world, there are still many unidentified weeds. While more than ten thousand weeds are used as a food, only 3000 weeds species are cultivated in Turkey. Eas...

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Main Authors: Zühal Okcu, Benay Kaplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Turkish Science and Technology Publishing (TURSTEP) 2018-03-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/1580
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spelling doaj-5c723f3a67494901983cd50255913a362020-11-25T03:40:27ZengTurkish Science and Technology Publishing (TURSTEP)Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology2148-127X2018-03-016326026510.24925/turjaf.v6i3.260-265.1580799Using of Weeds as Food in Eastern Anatolia RegionZühal Okcu0Benay Kaplan1Gümüşhane Üniversitesi, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Gıda Mühendisliği Bölümü, 29100 GümüşhaneGümüşhane Üniversitesi, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Gıda Mühendisliği Bölümü, 29100 GümüşhaneSeveral herb can grow naturally thanks to climate and geographical features of Turkey. Although there are approximately one million weed in the world, there are still many unidentified weeds. While more than ten thousand weeds are used as a food, only 3000 weeds species are cultivated in Turkey. Eastern Anatolia region is one of the most important regions of Turkey in terms of consuming weeds. The rate of endemic plants is higher in this region, most of them are important economically, because they can be used as a medicinal plants, spices, ornaments, dyes or food. Not only these are utilized as raw or cooked food but also flavorant.http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/1580Endemik bitkiyabani otgıdaDoğu AnadoluBitki
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Using of Weeds as Food in Eastern Anatolia Region
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
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Benay Kaplan
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title Using of Weeds as Food in Eastern Anatolia Region
title_short Using of Weeds as Food in Eastern Anatolia Region
title_full Using of Weeds as Food in Eastern Anatolia Region
title_fullStr Using of Weeds as Food in Eastern Anatolia Region
title_full_unstemmed Using of Weeds as Food in Eastern Anatolia Region
title_sort using of weeds as food in eastern anatolia region
publisher Turkish Science and Technology Publishing (TURSTEP)
series Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
issn 2148-127X
publishDate 2018-03-01
description Several herb can grow naturally thanks to climate and geographical features of Turkey. Although there are approximately one million weed in the world, there are still many unidentified weeds. While more than ten thousand weeds are used as a food, only 3000 weeds species are cultivated in Turkey. Eastern Anatolia region is one of the most important regions of Turkey in terms of consuming weeds. The rate of endemic plants is higher in this region, most of them are important economically, because they can be used as a medicinal plants, spices, ornaments, dyes or food. Not only these are utilized as raw or cooked food but also flavorant.
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yabani ot
gıda
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Bitki
url http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/1580
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