Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal and foods plants in Derecik (Hakkari-Turkey)

This study was carried out to record the medicinal plants and plants used as food by the people living in and around Derecik district (Hakkari) between 2014-2017. One-on-one interviews were conducted with people living in the region and those who had knowledge about about their use were asked to answer a survey. Demographic characteristics of the participants, local names of plants, parts used and usage patterns were recorded. The local names of some plants differ in different parts of Anatolia due to differences in language and dialect. As a result of the study; 55 plant taxa belonging to 27 families with medical use and 59 plant taxa belonging to 24 families with food use were determined. Plant use is very common in the regional culture. These plants can be used fresh, dried or can be stored in the refrigerator and be used through the year

Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal and foods plants in Derecik (Hakkari-Turkey)

416-425This study was carried out to record the medicinal plants and plants used as food by the people living in and around Derecik district (Hakkari) between 2014-2017. One-on-one interviews were conducted with people living in the region and those who had knowledge about their use were asked to answer a survey. Demographic characteristics of the participants, local names of plants, parts used and usage patterns were recorded. The local names of some plants differ in different parts of Anatolia due to differences in language and dialect. As a result of the study; 55 plant taxa belonging to 27 families with medical use and 59 plant taxa belonging to 24 families with food use were determined. Plant use is very common in the regional culture. These plants can be used fresh, dried or can be stored in the refrigerator and be used throughout the year

Microcalorimetric study of the effect of calcium hydroxide and temperature on the alkaline activation of coal fly ash

The objective of this research is to know, through the flow of heat released, the effect of the addition of calcium hydroxide and the temperature on the alkaline activation of coal fly ash with a solution of sodium hydroxide. The heat flow of the samples was measured from an isothermal conduction microcalorimeter at 25, 35 and 45 °C, with percentages of calcium hydroxide between 5 and 15 mass% and concentrations of sodium hydroxide between 6 and 10 M. The data obtained were analyzed by the ANOVA technique using a response surface. Calcium hydroxide mainly supplies nucleation sites and increases the rate of reaction during the latent period. Sodium hydroxide increases the degree of reaction, the amount and rate of the reactions up to concentrations of 10 M. The time of the wetting and dissolving processes was 6 min, independent of the temperature and composition of the mixture. The maximum amount of energy released was 200 kJ kg−1, seeking to be minimal in the initial processes and maximum in the end. The calculated apparent activation energy was 361.20 ± 16.47 kJ mol−1 which reflects the importance of the temperature in the alkaline activation processes. The temperature does not significantly affect the amount of energy released, but does affect the rate and number of reactions.The authors thank the Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia (Colciencias) for the support of this study through the National Call 567 for Doctoral Studies in Colombia. Likewise, they thank the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain for the project grant BIA2013-47876-C2-1-P, within which a part of the tests of this study was carried out.Peer reviewe