Evaluation Of Lamiaceae Members, Traditionally Used for The Treatment Of Respiratory Disease in Anatolia

Introduction: Anatolia is the host of most old civilizations besides the rich flora, a wide range of topography and climate.Since ancient times, there has been much documented information about using medicinal plants to treat the most common diseases in this area.Respiratory diseases are among the globally most common diseases, in which the majority of the population experiences at least one of them from mild to severe annually.This study aimed to evaluate the documented Lamiaceae plants from Anatolia used traditionally to treat respiratory diseases.Materials and Methods: In this study, we evaluated 187 ethnobotanical papers between 1991-2020 to detection the list and of the commonly used Lamiaceae species for treatment of respiratory diseases in Anatolia.