Abstract
The genus Pedicularis comprises with 11 species, 2 of them
are endemic, in Turkey. The Pedicularis species are known as
“sormuk, sorma, sormuk otu”. Its usage is not well known in
folk medicine, though the usage as food because of its nectar is
recorded in East-Anatolia. According to the published studies
on Pedicularis condensata Bieb. till today, it is seen that this
plant takes a place in patent, taken during the hair dye studies.
Additionally, various investigations on the isolation and activity
of Pedicularis (Kesgerotu) species are reported in literature.
According to these, the Pedicularis species contain iridoids
and phenylethanoid compounds as major components. It has
demonstrated that, the iridoids has antioxidant, antimicrobial,
antiinflamatory, immunomodulator activities etc. and the
phenylethanoid compounds show antioxidant, antibacterial,
antiviral as well as antiinflamatory, hepatoprotective activities
etc. In view of the isolation studies, it is possible that Pedicularis
condensata shows some of these activities. The anatomical
and activity studies on this species were not done. In this
paper, an anatomical study and the results of activity tests of
the extracts, which were obtained using various methods
and different solvents, were presented. The antioxidant and
antimicrobial activities, possessed by various extracts (hexane,
dichloromethane, methanol and methanol macerate), which
were prepared from the aerial parts (collected in Trabzon) by
maceration and Soxhlet extraction, were investigated.