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ORAL PRESENTATION / SÖZLÜ SUNUM

Phytochemical Composition of Sweet flag (Acorus calamus)
and Potential Use in Animal Diseases

Yasin ÖZTÜRK * Merve ÖZTÜRK Fulya ALTINOK YİPEL
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1 Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of
Pharmacology and Toxicology, 42310 Ereğli, Konya, TÜRKİYE

2 Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal
Medicine, 42310 Ereğli, Konya, TÜRKİYE

3 Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Samandağ Vocational School, Department of Veterinary
Science, 31060 Hatay, TÜRKİYE

*Correspound Author: yasinozturk@erbakan.edu.tr

Despite advances in the pharmaceutical industry and the increasing use of synthetic
drugs, approximately 70% of the world's population still uses medicinal plants, of which there

are more than 10,000 types, to treat illnesses. In addition, the complex phytochemical
compositions of medicinal plants are being revealed using modern methods, continuing to

serve as an important resource and model for new drug research from an
ethnopharmacological perspective. Acorus calamus, locally called “Eğir otu, Eğir kökü”,

universally called ‘Sweet flag’ is a medicinal aquatic plant found in northwestern and central
Anatolia in Türkiye, whose rhizomes have been used to treat illnesses since ancient times.

A. calamus possesses antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antitumor, anticancer, analgesic,

anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, neuroprotective, and cardioprotective effects due to its
phytochemicals (monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, phenylpropanoids, flavonoids, etc.). The

phytochemical content, therapeutic potential, efficacy, and safety of alternative plants that
possibly used in the treatment of animal diseases are important parameters in the field of

animal health. The aim of this study was to determine the phytochemical composition of A.
calamus from the flora of Konya, Türkiye, by GC-MS analysis and to provide information on

its potential use in the treatment of animal diseases.
Keywords: Acorus calamus, Animal diseases, GC-MS, Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemical.

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