Effect of Different Harvest Times on Some Quality Characteristics of Cultivated Sahlep orchid Serapias vomeracea (Burm.fill.) Brig.
Sahlep orchids are used as medicinal plants in Turkey to cure diarrheal, ulcers and respiratory ailments. Also, the main ingredient of traditional Turkish ice cream and sahlep drinks is obtained from the tubers of wild orchids. It is reported that sahlep is obtained from 38 different orchid plants...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Secondary Metabolite |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijsm/issue/33748/376845?publisher=ijate |
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| Summary: | Sahlep orchids are used as medicinal plants in Turkey
to cure diarrheal, ulcers and respiratory ailments. Also, the main ingredient of traditional
Turkish ice cream and sahlep drinks is obtained from the tubers of wild
orchids. It is reported that sahlep is obtained from 38 different orchid plants
belong to 10 different genera in Turkey. Sahlep is not have standard chemical
composition due to obtaining from different species of Orchidaceae in different
regions. Also, the sahlep chemical composition shows a fairly large change
depending on the period that collected. In order to protect the Orchidaceae
species in Turkey, "Sahlep" export has prohibited since 1974.
Although there was a ban on exports, still millions of tubers are removed from
nature every year and exported to many countries, especially European
countries. Continuously collected tubers do not have any chance the produce new
seeds and even if it produces seeds, these seeds have some difficulties to
germinate. Due to there is intense collection of some species of sahlep orchids
from nature, necessary measures must be taken to prevent it without delay. The
aim of this study investigates the effect of different harvest times on some
quality characteristics of Serapias
vomerace (Burm. fill.) Brig. species which one of the most collected
species in the Aegean region. In this study, starch ratio (%), mucilage ratio
(%), protein ratio (%), moisture
ratio (%), dry matter ratio (%) and ash ratio (%) was investigated. According
to the harvest time, mucilage ratio was found between 16-23%. |
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| ISSN: | 2148-6905 |